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This panel examines who should control cryptography as communication moves online. Gilmore argues that cryptographic policy must be debated publicly, criticising rules that manufacturers discover only while seeking export permission. Other speakers examine commercial constraints, civil liberties and the relationship between anonymity and accountability.
Who gets to define the rules for private communication, and can those rules themselves be secret?
Barlow contests the application of territorial state authority to online communities. He argues that those communities should develop their own norms and mechanisms for resolving conflict, and connects freedom of expression to an internet that crosses physical borders.
How should communities govern themselves when their members live across many jurisdictions?