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In <Bwzt83.6Ly@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> mirage1@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Robert Ames) writes:

>Here in Canada, we have a saying that "a liberal is a person who doesn't
>really care what a policy is about, just so long as it's compulsory".

>Anyway, are there any conceivable situations in which a person or organization
>might wish to _voluntarily_ register private encryption keys with a trustee?

>Two examples come to my mind: the first being where business A has a 
>strategic plan involving the use of business B's software.  A wants to
>be protected in case of B's possible bankruptcy, and so they insist that
>the source code be encrypted, with the decryption key deposited somewhere
>safe.

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Why not just deposit the source code with the trusted depository?
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