Why Do You Need PGP?, by Philip R. Zimmermann, The Ethical Spectacle, Jul 1995
"Perhaps you think your E-mail is legitimate enough that encryption is unwarranted. If you really are a law-abiding citizen with nothing to hide, then why don't you always send your paper mail on postcards? Why not submit to drug testing on demand? Why require a warrant for police searches of your house?"

John Gilmore on inflight activism, spam and sarongs, by Mikael Pawlo, GrepLaw, 18 Aug 2004
Related Topics: John Gilmore, Due Process of Law, War on Drugs
"Censorship ... weakens the national security, by suppressing the flow of useful information among the honest citizenry. Widespread use of encryption also enhances the national security, by making private information more truly private, and by making systems and networks harder for dishonest people to penetrate."