How do we go about explaining why clipper is bad to average joe 6-pack? I've noticed that most normal people seem to think the reasons against clipper are just paranoid concerns of a bunch of conspiracy theorists. Average joe 6-pack doesn't seem concerned that the government will have the keys to decrypt anything he does using a cellular phone with a clipper chip. Or in the key database were compromised, such things could be forged, but that's what average joe 6-pack sees as being the imaginations of a bunch of conspiracy theorists in action. How can this be explained to people who have a hard time differentiating a 5.25" floppy from a small paper plate? (Well, they couldn't do it 2 out of 3 times) If we can't effectively convince the average citizens that clipper is bad, they'll accept it because the government told them it is good and alternative crypto is bad because the only reason to hide something from our benevolent, democratic government(which is always acting in our best interests) is if we're hideous criminals. Any comments would be appreciated. -Mike -- Mike Sherwood internet: mike@EGFABT.ORG uucp: ...!sgiblab!egfabt!mike