Mike Godwin wrote,
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Digital Telephony and Communications Privacy Improvement Act of 1994." << Amazing! In consideration of the fact that the proposed Act has absolutely no provisions for improving privacy whatsoever, one must wonder if we're a level playing field when we ARE 100% honest and forthright about our concerns over privacy and Clipper. The level of dishonesty is rising daily. The administration's statement that we're not entitled as a matter of right to unbreakable encryption of our own choosing (never mind our right to be secure in our person and effects) got to me. The press release stating that alternative forms of encryption *THAT EMBODY KEY ESCROW* will be permitted went without notice or comment, even here. And now a proposed bill whose very title is an outright lie-- does anyone know of a *better* country to live in? This one is looking scarier by the day. And no, I don't want to live on any floating concrete blocks out in the Atlantic. I've written the letters, signed the e-petitions, and know the math behind public key encryption well enough to write my own if I had to. What more can I do? I value my privacy more than my safety, but have a hard time getting that concept across to others. - Jim