From: Timothy C. May .............since the Digital Telephony Bill and the initial appearance of the key escrow idea, I have targeted my efforts not at short-term things like Clipper, but instead at doing things to make sure that our ability to communicate freely with whomever and in whatever form we choose is not restricted. My favored approach is technological, not political. .............................................................. Short-term things like Clipper, long-term things like the loss of personal control (as in self-determination). In the degradation of the concept of personal control, making up one's life as though it were one's own project becomes a foreign idea, with communication being but one aspect of the total sacrifice. It creates the situation of individuals seeing the relationship between themselves and external regulation as a natural constant, rather than as an exceptional & artificial invention; your initiative is always subject to the review of self-appointed superiors, and you can never think of managing your own affairs independently (or express yourself freely) using your own judgement, because there always exists the potential that you might affect others in some way. There is always a clash between restrictive attempts against, and the ability of technological progress to "empower", the individual. PGP (Pretty Good Presentation) of your ideas. Blanc