At 16:27 6/18/96, TM Peters wrote:
Speaking to the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, Reno said her plan would require people to register with the new agency the secret codes -- or "keys" -- they use to encrypt messages online.
The cat is out of the bag. Janet Reno is calling for mandatory Government Access to Keys. Not that her statement would surprise anyone on this list. Still, I believe the administration has never before publicly stated that people will be _required_ to deposit their encryption keys with the government. I wonder what the penalties for failure to comply with this requirement will be. [I have requested a transcript of Reno's speech from the Commonwealth Club. I will make the relevant parts available as soon as I get it]. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Disclaimer: My opinions are my own.