From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 95 08:55:52 PST
To: Jeff Weinstein <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Netscape gives in to key escrow
Message-ID: <199511301654.IAA26162@blob.best.net>
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At 12:55 AM 11/30/95 -0800, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> All press accounts I've read so far
> have lots of stuff attributed to Jim, but very little of it is actual
> quotes. 

Then we would like to hear Jim "clarify" his position.

Absent such clarification, we must assume he considers the
press reports of what he said to be reasonably accurate.

>  I don't want to go down in history as a facilitator of the totalitarian
> state, and I don't think anyone else here does either. 

Most of the major players have taken a position overtly opposed to
GAK (whilst leaving themselves some wriggle room, should
the heat get too severe).

What is netscape's position?


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