Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S287631AbSCFX47>; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:56:59 -0500
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S288012AbSCFX4s>; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:56:48 -0500
Received: from ns0.auctionwatch.com ([66.7.130.2]:36621 "EHLO
	whitestar.auctionwatch.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP
	id <S287858AbSCFX4l>; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:56:41 -0500
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:56:27 -0800
From: Petro <petro@auctionwatch.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jurgen Botz <jurgen@botz.org>, Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SSSCA: We're in trouble now
Message-ID: <20020306235627.GD32504@auctionwatch.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020306050010.GK22934@auctionwatch.com> <E16ieUY-0007MG-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <E16ieUY-0007MG-00@the-village.bc.nu>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:42:14PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> >     Just about every company big enough to have a corporate lawyer, and
> >     many even smaller do have "media" they need or want to track and
> >     control. 
> 
> One thing the SSSCA people must consider here is security impact. If a 

    Huh? 

    We're talking politicians here. 

    We're talking about the kind of people who try to pass a law setting
    pi=3.14159 FULL STOP. 

    They don't have to consider jack shit. 

> document can be traced through its users then the ability of agencies to
> work against organised crime will be crippled. The SSSCA appears to have no
> provision to allow the FBI to remove watermarks, and makes it illegalf or
> other people to be subcontracted to write the tools
> Goodbye corporate whistleblowers, goodbye FBI plants in organised crime 
> bodies..

    They don't care about whistleblowers, and FBI agents can always used
    fake personalities. 

-- 
Share and Enjoy. 
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/