At 04:32 PM 10/6/98 -0500, William H. Geiger III wrote:
at 11:08 AM, David Honig <honig@sprynet.com> said:
The WebTV(TM) Network service, combined with the WebTV-based Internet terminals and receivers, is the first communications system permitted by the U.S. government to provide strong encryption for general use by non-U.S. citizens in Japan and the United Kingdom. Such strong encryption allows Japanese and United Kingdom subscribers of WebTV to communicate through the WebTV Network (both within national borders and internationally) without fear of interception by unauthorized parties.
I have my doubts on this. I find it highly unlikely that the FEDs would approve this without some form of GAK built in even if it is not in the form of "key recovery".
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.