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1 total messages Started by francois.grieu Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:10

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Author: francois.grieu
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:10

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of any provision of Act by
*    Executive Order. 
*                              No.                Yes [901]
*   
*   
*   *The Encrypted Data Security Act, draft dated April 29, 1997. 
*   
*   **The Secure Public Networks Act, as released on June 17
*     by Senator Kerrey's office.


Crypto is either GAK crackable, or it is real crypto.

There is no such thing as "good faith attempts to balance".

You either have to choose between the best interests of the people,
or the best interests of the ever-paranoid Militia.

I mean the ever-paranoid Military.


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                    Feds' Wacky Pro-GAK Logic
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Here are a couple of the wacky reasons they give for everyone wanting GAK.


                    o Business Will Demand It

They say setting up a GAK infrastructure will form a defacto standard for
interchange of public encryption keys, which business need for
interoperability of the various cryptography products.

Noone has clamored for crackable crypto to be the driving force
behind such a standard.

It's a very silly thing for them to assert.

*   "Clinton's Encryption Plan Fits Law and Market"
*   Letters to the Editor, Mickey Kantor, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 10/9/96
*   
*   Many companies are eager to market Key Recovery [compromised] products.

Exact same deal:
Here are the actual comments on Key Recovery's predecessor, Key Escrow:

:   Charles R. Smith, master of FOIA, SOFTWAR, http://www.us.net/softwar
:
#   "It is essential that the end-user's rights to and expectations
#   of personal privacy be met by this technology.  Multi-national
#   companies are faced with strong p

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