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From: merlyn@digibd.com (Brian Westley (Merlyn LeRoy))
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: "Bad" backups
Message-ID: <1990Dec27.155327.16180@digibd.com>
Date: 27 Dec 90 15:53:27 GMT
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mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
<>[ the same argument we've been having for 3x2 articles or so ]
<>
<>Short summary:
<>I sez    "Keep everything in RAM"
<>Mike sez "That will possibly increase no-knock searches"

<I said no such thing.

<What I said was, if you set out to obstruct justice, and you
<announce your intention to do so, you will increase the likelihood
<of no-knock searches.

And *I* said no such thing.

<>Most of this seems to boil down to how each of us deals with
<>[real or potential] abuses of authority.  I prefer a more
<>confrontational/defiant response compared to Mike (at least
<>in this instance).

<I prefer to deal with the abuses of authority by depriving law
<enforcement of any rational basis for gratuitous no-knock searches.

<Of course, my work becomes much harder whenever someone announces
<his intention to obstruct justice by boobytrapping his data.

Again, *I* said no such thing.

<--Mike



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Merlyn LeRoy