Subj : Re: Anyone using PGP/GPG in here?
To   : Vk3jed
From : Lizard King
Date : Mon Nov 05 2018 03:50 pm

 Vk> Given the dependency of commerce and banking on strong cryptography
 Vk> these days, I think that particular genie is out of the bottle.  The
 Vk> more cryptography can be embedded into everyday life, the harder it will
 Vk> be to outlaw.

I very much hope you are right, but I am still hearing various government
agencies griping about the fact that terrorists can encrypt their email and
there's no way for anyone to read it.  That is true, as far as it goes, but
to my knowledge terrorists aren't using strong crypto.  Last I heard they
were logging into gmail, writing emails, quitting out before sending, and
then a second person would go in and view the saved draft.  No email sent.

But when the government can take away our rights and claim to be doing it for
our own protection, the temptation always seems to be too much for them to
stand.  I have a feeling that somewhere down the line we'll hear people
arguing that crypto is fine for banking and stuff like that, but only
terrorists would want to encrypt their personal correspondence.

Let me put it another way: 20 years ago, would you have believed that you'd
have to risk being groped by a government employee to get on an airplane? 
Somehow we accept this as normal.

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