From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 05:32:30 +0800
To: jim bell <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: SAFE Forum--some comments
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At  9:34 PM 7/2/96 -0800, jim bell wrote:
>However, that AT+T fellow who revealed the phone records to the militia 
>group would also be an appropriate comparison to destroy the "key-escrow" 
>idea.  I assume AT+T had procedures in place which were SUPPOSED TO prevent 
>this.  Well, key-escrow agents "will" also have similar procedures.  Why 
>should we assume they will be more reliable?

We shouldn't.  In fact, they will have a much higher economic value.  I
would expect them to be more vulnerable to insiders.


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