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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: SCIENTOLOGY *CAN'T* B
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Scott Weiser <Scott.Weiser@colorado.edu>

modemac@netcom.com (Modemac) wrote:
> According to an informed source, the so-called "church" of Scientology is
> trying to force Larry Wollersheim to give them his de-encryption code for
> PGP.

Scott:
>I would like to know who your informed sources are?
>
>It is my understanding that the reason Larry got an emergency hearing
>and the right to monitor the search is because his private lists
>were *not* encrypted, which put the persons named in imminent danger.
>
>We have been dinging Larry & company for some time because they
>*did not* encrypt the information.  If they had, there wouldn't be
>any urgency for him to keep the Co$ from searching his disks.
>
>I hope I am wrong, and he did encrypt everything.....but let's not
>start rumors without factual, identifiable information.  Disinformation
>is the province of the Co$.
>
>Scott

    Hate to do a Pee Wee Herman and say "I meant to do that", but
    one of the reasons I never encripted or even passworded any
    data on my hard disk is that somewhere along in the evolution of
    the digital domain, the courts are going to have to decide
    at what level of access we can assume a resonable expectation
    of privacy.  If we rely on encription to draw that line, our
    rights will have eroded.  Putting the onus of protecting
    privacy on the citizen instead of the authorities will leave
    more people open to invasions and make it like the real world
    where only rich people can expect to be safe because they can
    afford to have alarms on their homes or to hire security.

    If you had to use a scrambler to expect privacy on the 
    telephone, would you use it as much as you do?

    I wouldn't.

            +--------------------------------------+
           Rev. Dennis L Erlich  * * the inFormer * *
      dennis.l.erlich@support.com  +  inForm@primenet.com
                           "tar baby"

ps.  Those of you who know me know that it has been years since I
assumed anything about me or my life would remain private, except
some kind of private hell.