17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
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.