1995-09-11 - Re: NYT on GAK

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From: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
To: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
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From: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 95 10:13:49 PDT
To: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
Subject: Re: NYT on GAK
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	Its a good thing the administration only wants to outlaw
cryptography, not anonymity.

Adam


|    The New York Times, September 11, 1995, p. D7.
| 
| 
|    Technology / Peter H. Lewis
[...]
|    "If this fails," said a figure familiar with the
|    Administration's thinking on the proposed change in
|    cryptographic policy, "it's going to lead to a very
|    divisive debate. And the irony, for libertarians who oppose
|    key escrow, is that if it fails, I am convinced that Louis
|    Freeh cannot be true to his job without proposing domestic
|    controls on data encryption."
| 
|    "He's not going to give up without a fight, and neither is
|    the Justice Department," said the figure, who spoke on the
|    condition he not be identified.



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