
Here is an interesting question. The U.S government has classified encryption software as a munitions under the U.S ITAR regulations, which will limit the export of same. They rarely if ever approve an export unless they have thoroughly inspected it and have been given certain shall we say assurances. Next they develop a number of different chips that rely on a classified algorythm, which incidently they developed. They say that they want the entire population of the U.S to use these chips, going so far as to use their market power to put additional pressure on enterprises to manufacture and use these chips. Next the FBI howls thatt they need a law to ban domestic non-escrowed encryption. Then we have the Congress trying to pass stricter laws regarding encryption while screaming that they have to protect the children from all this nasty stuff on the web. This they scream even though they can't pass a balanced budget or manage to find enough money to educate those self same kids. Next we have us, the general public, who are worried that the government will abuse this proposed system. The government says they won't, which we are supposed to believe even though their track record shows that we can't trust them past the first money trough that comes their way. That leaves one final question. How long until they stop asking and pleading and start demanding we use this system of theirs. How long until we become criminals by enacting our right not to use it? Interesting, don't you think?