> I find it incredibly hard to believe the government would ever be able to pass a law that made crypto illegal, and in fact crypto laws have been getting more sensible as time goes on. Besides, tons of innocent traffic is already encrypted, and I doubt the government is going to tell me I can't use SSL for getting my banking info.

What about the possibility of the government requiring a license to use encryption technology? Maybe periodically reviewing licenseholders to ensure that they are using the technology appropriately? My point is that there are a LOT of people who get paid to spend their time thinking of solutions to these sorts of problems, and we're probably not going to be able to guess every possible course of action they might take. I think it's safe to say that as with most other things in life, flagrant violations of the law with regard to copyright WILL lead to some sort of reduction in personal freedoms, even if we can't guess the nature of that reduction.

> Stephen

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