From: Andrew.Spring@ping.be (Andrew Spring)
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 10:02:18 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: GAK
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Brian Davis Wrote:
>
>I, of course, know of the "dislike" of GAK here.  I am curious to know,
>however, if the "dislike" is because government would have access under
>any circumstances or if the primary worry is that government will cheat
>and get access when most would agree that they shouldn't (either by the
>judge "cheating" or a TLA stealing it).
>
>In other words ... if it took agreement by a review board composed of
>non-LEA members of this list, would the escrow be acceptable??
>

Looking at it simply as a cryptosystem, I'd have to vote no, since the
security of the system can be "easily" (in a cryptographic sense)
compromised.

I feel safer knowing my privacy is protected by the laws of mathematics,
instead of the laws of the USA.
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