At 3:09 PM -0700 9/18/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
I just got off a phone with an industry lobbyist. The conversation went something like this.
"Can there be a compromise?" I asked. "I don't think there can be one that will satisfy all three or four parties involved." (I was thinking: law enforcement, national security, business, and privacy interests.)
The answer: "I don't think compromise is the right word. But we need to give something to law enforcement."
Top Ten Things to Give to Law Enforcement: 10. Our first-born children. 9. A lifetime supply of toilet plungers. 8. The Master GAK key Craig Livingstone was able to snarf off the IBM PROFS system before being fired at the White House. 7. A napalm strike called on their chief critics in Congress. 6. An 80-pound suitcase from Tajikistan, to be opened only by Lous Freeh. 5. .... etc. The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."