Clipper Comparisons for non-geeks
(First, geeks is a complimentary term, finger me for info :-) I was talking to some friends about Clipper and it's dangers. Unfortunately, they are not very computer literate and really didn't grasp what exactly escrowing meant or anything. Anyone have some more-common, real world, analogies I could make for future discussions? ____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu \ /__ -=-=-=-=- <=> -=-=-=-=- \/ / Finger for Geek Code Info <=> Political Correctness is \/ Finger for PGP 2.3a Public Key <=> P.C. for "Thought Police" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- (GEEK CODE 1.0.1) GAT d- -p+(---) c++(++++) l++ u++ e+/* m++(*)@ s-/++ n-(---) h+(*) f+ g+ w++ t++ r++ y+(*)
Well, one way I've described the clipper to a non-computer literate person is to have them imagine a situation where the government required that you gave them a copy of your housekey, and, if you decided to get a safe-deposit-box, they would get a copy of that, too. Basically, whatever you consider private or secure, in a physical sense, would still be wide open to the government, no matter how much you wanted to keep it private or secret. Granted, this isn't a direct analogy, but it's close enough to try to get someone to understand the implications of the Clipper chip. -derek Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, G MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) Home page: http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/warlord/home_page.html warlord@MIT.EDU PP-ASEL N1NWH PGP key available
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