Our society needs crypto, our enconomy needs crypto, backdoors are prone to failure, and the terrorists didn't use crypto anyway.

Great quote from Steve Bellovin: "These are people who have guns and bombs, who commit mass murder and they're not going to think twice about breaking a law against strong crypto."

Thanks to David Shaw for the information.

On September 13, 2001, I said:

In times like this, we need to fight even harder for our privacy, voices and civil liberties. Anonymous communications are a big part of making our own government and the people around us accountable for their actions.

To which Phil Darnowsky replied:

Right you are. If the American people give in to fear (or terror, if you like--the root word of "terrorist") and allow the government to take away our civil rights, then the terrorists have won. They will have destroyed America just as surely as if they had killed half the population.

The CDT says:

Oversight of the effectiveness of PATRIOT Act authorities, the prospect of PATRIOT II, and the creation of a new Department of Homeland Security and its role in computer security are all issues that directly affect Internet users.

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