Computers and Society Public Policy Watch Page 6 September 1994 Who Holds the Keys? The US Government & Cryptography Policy David Bellin meridian roeder silver update three fiver nine 3F A0 FF 48 eeeoooowwwww screech woowwoo powwww impunity. But how can you accuse me of shouting "fire" if you cannot even understand what it is that I have said? Encrypted speech is clearly protected behavior in these senses. We have a cherished concept in the right to speak our minds freely. Closely associated to this concept is the right to freely associate with our peers in order to engage in our protected and legal activities, such as that of speech. Privately encoded means of communication are crucial to the ability to associate freely with our peers. How can we associate freely if the real fear exists that someone will be listening as we get together? Aside from a few persons with personality deviations of interests to psychiatrists, few of us would choose to engage in bedroom activities if we knew that a government agency, or a snoopy neighbor, could look in on us. Imagine how much harder it would be to organize the local PTA if the spouse
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