At 02:39 PM 10/7/98 -0500, Steve Bryan wrote:
David Honig wrote:
I'd guess that the Export control puppets know that the Web-TV hubs will be subpoena-able by the US even in these other "sovereign" nations. The WebTV centralized infrastructure makes this easy.
This announcement seems to be getting a lot of this sort of reaction but I don't see quite why the news is greeted with such animosity. If a duly authorized search warrant is required in order to obtain information that represents a potential world of difference from having unrestricted ability to monitor all communications.
Who would you execute the search warrant _on_? The web site and the browser user? (Then why not let Netscape and IE export 128-bit?) Or some third party who has access to something in the middle (and may not be picky about search warrants, and may not have as much standing to resist a court order or subpoena) ? Or is the WebTV 128-bit code crippleware, using some backdoor key or other hole for police to break in? Basically, it just sounds fishy. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639