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[dvd-discuss] Americans back encryption controls- NOT QUITE!



Another piece of irresponsible journalism:

Americans back encryption controls
A poll finds widespread support for a ban on 'uncrackable' encryption
products, following proposals in Congress to tighten restrictions on
software that scrambles data.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/630646.asp

The next paragraphs states:

THE SURVEY FOUND that 72
percent of Americans believe that
anti-encryption laws would be
"somewhat" or "very" helpful in
preventing a repeat of last week's
terrorist attacks on New York's World
Trade Center and the Pentagon in
Washington, D.C. 

Somewhat is NOT very