At 6:53 AM -0700 9/7/98, Declan McCullagh wrote:
There is, offically, a proposal on the table to limit speech within the U.S. by restricting sale, manufacture, distribution, import of non-GAK'd crypto. A House committee approved that one year ago.
I'd forgotten about that little one. Of course, it has not gone anywhere (no Senate version or committee markup, right?), so I'm not yet ready to say there's official action on its way. And, fortunately, the session is over but for the shouting about Clinton and his cigars. --Tim May "The tree of liberty must be watered periodically with the blood of tyrants...." ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments.