At 10:47 AM 1/7/96 -0800, Raph Levien <raph@c2.org> wrote:
My best guess is that we're seeing a distortion of this interchange. If I were a Chinese dissident, I wouldn't want to use GAK, for three reasons: using US-lackey encryption is certainly not going to get you into any _less_ trouble than using independent encryption, if you used GAK you'd be working as a US spy whether you wanted to be or not, and finally, who says the Chinese can't decrypt it, especially with the rapid growth of television.
And, four, there's no guarantee the US keymasters won't burn you to the Chinese government, if it seems useful in preserving "stability"... #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 # # "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance" used to mean us watching # the government, not the other way around....