In other words ... if it took agreement by a review board composed of non-LEA members of this list, would the escrow be acceptable??
EBD
Speaking for myself only, of course, mandatory key escrow under *any* circumstances is a Bad Thing. I don't want anyone to have my secret key/passphrase, even if 'anyone' consists of n respected cypherpunks. (How are we supposed to tell whether they're LE, anyway? I possess a high degree of confidence, for example, that Tim May is not an undercover spook. But that doesn't stop various tentacles^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H anonymous posters from expressing assertions to the contrary.) If I *give* my key to an escrow agent, of course, that's a different story. ("Mr. Cheatem, in the event of my death or disappearance, please decrypt this file with the enclosed key and fax it to the Washington Post.") But I certainly don't want to allow my key to reside with an agent who could be forced to turn it over on the basis of a court order. Sorry if I'm repeating an earlier discussion. Mark -- Mark Contois * The Lenox Group * Boston, MA * http://www.lenox.com/~mark/ Finger for PGP public key * Stellar Crisis: http://www.lenox.com/games/sc Cypherpunks: Share and deploy ********* NSA: Go stick your head in a pig.