John Young wrote:

There does appear to be a coordinated global action to issue policies on TTP, GAK and the like at this time.

All are apparently guided by The Wassenaar Arrangement amongst two dozen or so countries to act in concert, and to go public with dual-use controls in unison.

So, Clint Brooks' comment at CFP about a new policy coming out for stronger crypto is a surely a harbinger of global GAK, in the guise of TTP or Key Recovery,

Note that The Wassenaar Arrangement is not legislation passed by our government or others. It is the product of people who sit in rooms and make decisions as to how the future of the world will be. Thus, through collusion between them, they decide what everyone worldwide will be offered on the plate handed to them by their government. Yet, when our legislators (and those of other nations) pass laws affecting us, in order to 'fall into line' with these 'standards', it will be done under the auspices of 'the will of the people'. My prediction is that, if it appears the efforts of global GAK are stumbling because of opposition, then those opposing it will find themselves attacked by a worldwide conspiracy to let the streets in front of their homes go unattended and fall into disrepair. The opposition will thus dwindle, as people spend their time writing the mayor, and letters to the editor of their hometown newspaper. Ridiculous? I'm just pointing out that the rule of law in most countries has split into two factions. We have elected legislators to vote for laws concerning the latest ten-second sound-byte controversy on the Jenny Jones Show, and we have a global web of regulators and private actors to decide the more important issues concerning our freedom and privacy. So, in the end, don't be surprised if The Wassenaar Arrangement is amended to include the provision that anyone agreeing to wear leg chains will have the potholes fixed on the streets in front of their homes. -- Toto "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html