Re: Stewart Baker on new crypto rules

On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Jon Galt wrote:

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 96 11:02:30 EST From: Jon Galt To: shamrock@netcom.com Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, froomkin@law.miami.edu Subject: Re: Stewart Baker on new crypto rules

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On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Hal Finney wrote:

Just so we are all clear about what HP is up to: in August, 1996, I attended a presentation by HP's policy person. He was touting the anti-four horsemen properties of HP/TIS/unnamed other's "voluntary" "key recovery" system. When I pointed out to him that voluntary GAK could not possibly defend against criminals using strong crypto, since such criminals are unlikely to register their keys with the "escrow" agency, he replied:

"There are many possible interpretations of the words 'voluntary' and 'mandatory'."

I am willing to testify to this under oath.

I don't know what dictionary HP is using. Orwell himself must have written it.

Try Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edition. The IRS uses it all the time.

Or my favorate supreme court quote: Threat of loss, not hope of gain, is the essence of coercion. -- Forward complaints to : European Association of Envelope Manufactures Finger for Public Key Gutenbergstrasse 21;Postfach;CH-3001;Bern Vote Monarchist Switzerland