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Don't blame the tools for the actions of people...

Posted September 22, 2001 2:01 PM.

Phil Zimmerman struggles with the possibility that terrorists could have been using PGP. We should all remember that tools like encryption, like the internet, like the telephone, like the petrol engine - all of these things empower everyone - good or bad alike, and that the tools shouldn't be blamed for the actions of the people who use them.

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