In article <9304260326.AA15408@binkley.MIT.EDU>, Derek Atkins <warlord@Athena.MIT.EDU> writes:

It's even worse than this. It's giving the government a sealed copy of all your *PAST*, present, and future phone conversations and messages... They can always record everything, and then use your key at some later date to recover the messages...

Point well taken. I only meant in regards to Clipped communications. Presumably they would have a harder time opening the "envelopes" of your past communications that used non-standard encryption. Sigh. Sound bites are SO shallow, I know. -- Valerie Lambert * valerie@biocad.com * 415/903-3923 * AT&T: phones with Big Brother Built Inside! Just say "NO" to the Clipper wiretap chip.