"The law enforcement folks were stuck longer in the hard-core phase, and still are, even now using Bin Laden to suggest that crypto has GONE TOO FAR, damn it."
— Steven Levy (The WELL - Crypto Discussion, 2001)
#lawenforcement #cryptography #government #terrorism
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