-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- writes Timothy C. May:
- that AT&T is pissed-off at the bad publicity they're getting, and at the confusion and delays in delivering the final version of the chips (sounds contradictory, but I think you can see how they'd be pissed that they're catching hell---and for nothing on their bottom line so far).
- that heads may roll in the NSA/NIST world, with Clint Brooks, the point man on Clipper, being moved sideways or down to another job. Sounds like damage control is starting.
- that Dorothy Denning is now almost isolated from her former colleagues, at least in terms of her reputation, and that she herself is trying to do some damage control (but several of us think she'll mainly be the "outside consultant" for the Feds for years to come...that is, she's cast her lot with the Feds).
So, the efforts of the EFF, various corporate policy groups, security activists, and even our own group, seem to have paid off. Clipper/Capstone seems to be in a state of confusion.
This is welcome news, indeed. I can see why AT&T would be pissed -- if it gets out that the Clipper/SkipJack/Capstone combo is a major step towards Big Brotherism, then their whole "You Will" commertial series will not be accepted as well as I think it has so-far.
We may not have to push too much harder.
Maybe not, but we should not just say "Well, there... we've done it." and stop pushing all together.
I say we increase our attention on the Data Superhighway and try to kill it as well.
Agreed.
--Tim May
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