According to The Washington Post, on Sept. 11, Phil Zimmerman, the inventor of a virtually unbreakable encryption code “PGP” – Pretty Good Privacy – used by terrorists, reportedly cried and continued to cry for many days thereafter “overwhelmed with feelings of guilt.”
On Nov. 23, when the highest federal court in New York City, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, decided Eric Corley could not tell others on his Web site how to break the DVD encryption code called CSS, it is fair to say not a tear was shed, except perhaps by First Amendment fans. (Universal v. Corley)
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