March 31, 2003
A librarian speaks out against the USA Patriot Act.
And surprise! The USDOJ and FBI are drafting a sequel to the USA Patriot Act that would authorize even broader powers to infringe on civil liberties. An interesting provision would add a minimum of five years to criminal sentences for knowingly using encryption technology while committing a crime. This would likely discourage use of encryption for legitimate purposes.
On that tangent, I just came across WinPT, a collection of GnuPG tools for Windows.
