17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 08:13:24 PDT From: bshantz@spry.com (Brad Shantz)
Forgive me for asking a naive question, but what exactly is GAK? I have seen it mentioned on the list several times in the last few days and don't recognize it.
It's my term. GAK = "Government Access to [Citizens'] Keys" I am offended at the gov't's use of the innocent sounding "Key Escrow" to describe GAK, so I am using GAK to refer to this practice. That term zooms in on the one important characteristic of what the gov't is trying to do here. "Key escrow", on the other hand, could be something very innocent -- an arrangement I set up with my lawyer and a bank, for example. - Carl