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This is not far from the idea that CME proposed that the NSA/FBI/CIA publish public keys, and we'll hack a voluntary version of PGP that encrypts the session key with the LEA public key -- instant voluntary Key Escrow.

I still think that's the only way the gov't will get GAK -- :)

Actually, the real proposal (http://www.clark.net/pub/cme/html/no-ke.html) is to have them give me their public keys. I would sign and post them. The world's citizens would then add them to their public keyrings and, when they feel like volunteering GAK, would include these agencies as crypto-recipients -- on a per-message basis. No meetings -- no hassle -- nearly 0 cost -- and the gov't could have GAK tomorrow. - Carl +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Carl M. Ellison cme@acm.org http://www.clark.net/pub/cme | |PGP: E0414C79B5AF36750217BC1A57386478 & 61E2DE7FCB9D7984E9C8048BA63221A2 | | ``Officer, officer, arrest that man! He's whistling a dirty song.'' | +---------------------------------------------- Jean Ellison (aka Mother) -+