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(I fear laws telling corporations they *can't* snoop as much as I fear Clipper. The reasons are obvious, to me at least, and I can expand on this point if anyone's really interested.)
The implications in the field of industrial espionage leap quickly to mind. Beyond that, unrestrained encryption is dangerous to corporations, because what's to stop a ticked off employee from encrypting everything in the office as revenge for some imagined slight? Encryption as a weapon is something that's not often talked about, despite the fact that everyone's always rambling about how valuable information is... The arguments for restraining encryption in corporate situations can go on and on... just as the arguments for encouraging private encryption can go on and on. Mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Carter carterm@spartan.ac.brocku.ca PGP key available by finger. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBLgPHYWcmVnbEt/gBAQFu/wP9Febqmdu8LNR7CL2cEpx4fRrQVPnQZp92 rqvkAdxLNZV5UEhkvsyRXOZcbg+CAbvYe0dXrAqOOvSA7B/g+tzvMpup5rUZ3Ydt tneo3ANnrdaCyrNHoMV2RuavUcYltmdf+EgIg85smUOyvOYQa21K/MtCahzYziXI HnLB1pll0sQ= =JWjQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----