Clipper in the news...
17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Just to give you an idea how far word of our favorite technological innovation has spread, from this month's (Fall Collection) issue of Vogue magazine: "...As for Orwell's telescreen, it's been replaced by the personal computer. Networks like Prodigy have been warning users that they will censor 'objectionable' messages, and the government is threatening to install the Clipper Chip in computers, allowing it to eavesdrop on digital transmissions. How to cope?" [P. 172] ...and I thought that Karl Lagerfeld's lineup was bad enough... mjr.
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Marcus J Ranum