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1997-07-18 - Re: Keepers of the keys

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From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
To: Lizard <cypherpunks@toad.com
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Reply To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970718124449.26795G-100000@well.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-18 22:55:38 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:55:38 +0800

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From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 06:55:38 +0800
To: Lizard <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Keepers of the keys
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At 1:36 PM -0700 7/18/97, Lizard wrote:>Frankly, I find it mildly
>amusing no one has asked the Congressional defenders of key escrow, point
>blank, "What safeguards do you have against keys falling into the hands of
>the next Ames?" Who watches the watchmen?

Why not go one step further and get the strong crypto supporters in the
Senate to tack on an ammendment to the McCain-Kerrey-bill forcing the FBI
and our most secret security agencies to use the very same
government/industry escrow entitites (but not any of the intelligence
organizations themselves) for all their encrypted data storage and
communications traffic and requiring regular GOA compliance reviews.

--Steve

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