At 5:06 PM -0800 2/6/98, Information Security wrote:

What are the most elegant rebuttals to politicians saying we need Key Recovery as a "reasonable balance between the needs of law enforcement vs. freedom of crypto"?

I wasn't too elegant in the Crypto Manifesto.

I like this for starters: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. " Of course, some in Washington consider this to be a seditious sentiment. But serious, "Information Security" is asking for too much. He is asking us to give our personal opinions about the "most elegant" arguments. Debates about key escrow have been raging for almost five years now. He's not likely to get new arguments here, or newly-written articles. I urge him to either consult the archives of this list or the thousands of articles in many places. Search engines are a good way to find them. Of course, I expect various folks will answer his call and write down their reasons. I just doubt strongly that they'll be arguments as good as what was written years ago. --Tim May Just Say No to "Big Brother Inside" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^3,021,377 | black markets, collapse of governments.