: In Grey's words, ``All over Europe, the lights are going out'' : : Ross
There does appear to be a coordinated global action to issue policies on TTP, GAK and the like at this time. OECD is due to shortly release its crypto policy, as is the USG according to BXA. The FBI issued its wiretap payment plan yesterday. Herson publically admitted the EU-FBI wiretap pact. All are apparently guided by The Wassenaar Arrangement amongst two dozen or so countries to act in concert, and to go public with dual-use controls in unison. So, Clint Brooks' comment at CFP about a new policy coming out for stronger crypto is a surely a harbinger of global GAK, in the guise of TTP or Key Recovery, as was speculated here, and as Rensch's statement to the House yesterday affirms. It's a policy sure to appeal to nationalists and chauvinists: strong protection for a nation's interest and commerce with GAK; without it no protection from predatory (rogue) nations (and criminals). But, as the Crypto AG engineer asked, "Who will protect us from NSA?" And its predatory clients and contractors, the Germans and French and others are asking, now that they are suffering the unilateral spying of their highest tech "friends."