Dear Sir: I read with interest your article in July/August 94 Internet World regarding the CLIPPER chip. I presently operate a small systems consulting and software development business in Toronto, Canada. I have a background in Criminology, and an avid interest in data security. With the present state of technology, and the trends with regard to industrial espionage and invasion of personal privacy, I believe that individuals and businesses should have the ability to protect their electronic data with the best availible technology. I am extremely concerned with recent events in the United States and the apparent attempts to handicap the computer security industry. It bothers me that the U.S. administration wants this type of access to encrypted data. While I certainly support our law enforcement agencies in many of their noble efforts, I have difficulty with the implications of the CLIPPER chip with respect to personal privacy and I find it an alarming precident. As a Canadian business, I am not effected by the same repressive export restrictions faced by U.S. manufacturers of encryption products. As such, I am exploring the role that we could take with regard to this issue. I am interested in contacting Americans, particulary in the encryption area, who would perhaps like to see state-of-the-art encryption products availible from Canada for the international market. If you have any suggestions, or know anyone that I could contact, it would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Eric Jacksch P.O. Box 27539 Yorkdale Toronto, Ontario M6A 3B8 Voice: (416) 248-9720 Fax: (416) 248-4805