From: Richard Johnson <Richard.Johnson@Colorado.EDU>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 20:10:50 PDT
To: rittle@comm.mot.com
Subject: Re: The Clipper Chip Proposal
In-Reply-To: <9407220224.AA12751@supra.comm.mot.com>
Message-ID: <199407242114.PAA04742@spot.Colorado.EDU>
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  From the keyboard of:  rittle@comm.mot.com (Loren James Rittle) in an
  open letter to our Gorewellian vice president:

  I also support completely voluntary (i.e. no outside government coercion)
  encryption key escrow for all private individuals and private-sector
  companies, if they themselves so chose it.

There is, however, no reasonable reason what-so-ever for government to be
involved in this escrow.  Just as with escrow of funds during property
transactions, those involved will choose their own non-governmental
escrow agents.

A simple analogy may serve to illustrate this crucial concept for Gore:
If I wish to leave a spare house key with my neighbor while I'm on
vacation, there's no reason I have to also leave a spare key with the
cops.


Rich

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