To: cypherpunks@toad.com, libernet@dartmouth.edu, extropians@gnu.ai.mit.edu [Libernet readers -- please do not follow up on libernet, as it is only for announcements. All readers -- please do not CC lists you are not on with replies.] According to a front page article in today's New York Times, the Clinton Administration is going to be releasing a standard encryption technology that commercial users will be encouraged to adopt that involves having the government keep copies of "back door" keys associated with every device deployed. The article is entitled, with unintentional irony, "Communications Plan to Balance Government Access with Privacy". The article indicates that the move is "inteded to resolve a long standing dilema[...] how to preserve the legitimate right for businesses and citizens to use codes [...] without letting criminals and terrorists conspire beyond the reach of the law". The implications are obvious. Perry Metzger