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- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: PGP as a World Standard
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- References: <bontchev.725034641@fbihh>
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.004343.20852@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:43:43 GMT
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- Vesselin Bontchev (bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de) wrote:
-
- : 2) If you have indeed commited a crime when using PGP (which I
- : sincerely doubt), then the fact that you were not aware of the law
- : does not make you innocent.
-
- True, but the fact that someone discontinues any illegal act when they
- discover that it *is* illegal (without threat or fear of discovery) may
- be used as an affirmative defense to prosecution in some jurisdictions.
-
- Not that I consider using PGP to be an illegal act...
- --
- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177
-
- Who and what would you be if you went beyond your deepest fears?
-