On Sun, 3 Dec 1995, Timothy C. May wrote: [....]
Is it too early to worry about outlawing of non-GAKked crypto? Hal Abelson has this in the preliminary program for CFP '96, sent out today:
"Events planned for this year's conference include:
- Federalprosecutors square off against civil-liberties lawyers in a Supreme Court test of the "Cryptography Control Act of 1996", which criminalizes non-escrowed encryption." [.....]
Tim knows this, but before some other careless reader sets off a panic, I want to make it clear to that this is a MOOT court, in which participants will PRETEND to test the validity of a HYPOTHETICAL act. A. Michael Froomkin | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) Associate Professor of Law | U. Miami School of Law | froomkin@law.miami.edu P.O. Box 248087 | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.