1996-10-03 - Re: White House crypto proposal – too little, too late

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From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-03 02:15:50 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:15:50 +0800

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From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:15:50 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: Re: White House crypto proposal -- too little, too late
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At 04:09 AM 10/2/96 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>Just woke up -- got up early today to head to ACLU Supreme Court
>briefing -- but it strikes me that receiving nonescrowed crypto
>through the mail might be like receiving kiddie porn.
>
>Import restrictions, of course, will come with mandatory domestic key
>escrow.
>-Declan

I don't intend to be over-optimistic, but I think there was a good reason 
that even in the Clipper I proposal, it was (at least) _called_ "voluntary." 
 However much they'd like to make it mandatory, they know that this 
wouldn't fly.


Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com





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