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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: secure mail
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 15:48:09 EST
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Actually, there's an interesting non-technical problem with
encrypted mail as well.  I'll betcha that many sites would cut off
mail feeds if they found large quantities of encrypted mail flowing
through their systems.  Many system administrators, already concerned
about what sort of stuff is flowing through their systems, might
be ordered by management to cut off any mail if they were unable
to demonstrate that they weren't being used for illicit activities
of various sorts.  There is at least one court case involving
encryption in just this way pending now.

Nothing is ever simple.  Except the wrong answers.

--Lauren--