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From: JonWienke@aol.com
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 18:08:58 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Why escrow? (was Re: How would Leahy bill affect crypto
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In a message dated 96-03-15 02:56:56 EST, Jim Bell cites Deranged Mutant:
>And if you recall the requirements the government wanted to put on
>telephones equipped with Clipper, one thing they eventually admitted was
>that they were insisting that such phones be designed to be inoperable with
>a telephone that had its "key-escrow" not "enabled". And they still wanted
>to
>call it "voluntary! That's a laugh!
>
>
>>Of course that depends how you give your key to an escrow agent. If
>>it's already escrowed when you buy a phone, for instance...
>
>That's the real danger with any such legislation. Individuals can generally
>only get things that are manufactured for sale. (You can't buy a car with a
>7-cylinder engine, for instance...) If manufacturers are dissuaded from
>building a good crypto telephone, then key-escrow can be as "voluntary" as
>you want and you still won't be able to exercise your rights.
Of course, you could always hack up a direct-dial version of PGPfone or
Nautilus to turn your multimedia computer into a crypto phone...
Jonathan Wienke
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