In my last message I wrote: --- .... statements I read. (The TIS statement points out that: "Separate licensing arrangements are necessary for organizations desiring Data Recovery Center ownership.", so there is the chance that if I want Grandma to be my spare key holder she might have to pay bucks to TIS and pass their scrutiny...if so, not a very nice option, and one which could turn even CKR into BB-Enabled software with a change in DRC policies...see point below.) .... --- Well, I've been looking at the DRC licensing steps, and it makes it clear that becoming a DRC is an expensive proposition: "A DRC technology license is priced at $30,000 for the first DRC, and $10,000 for each additional DRC to the same customer. A mandatory secure DRC computer system is available for $20,000 for each DRC location, plus an annual maintenance fee of $10,000 for the first DRC and $5,000 for each additional DRC. In addition, a royalty is charged against DRC service fees at the rate of 10% of the revenue stream." Not so expensive for a bank or other such business, but not something Mom and Pop will be getting into anytime soon! Also, it's clear to me that a DRC located in the United States is subject to court orders and subpoenas to release keys (there is no "protection against self-incrimination" in such cases, as the DRC is not in danger of being incriminated....there _may_ be attorney-client privilege, depending on whether the DRC is one's lawyer....lots of legal issues to explore). And it's not clear from the documents if TIS (or the government) will license/approve DRCs located in offshore locations, such as Anguilla or Switzerland. (I don't mean for CKE use, and with CKE strength, I mean DRCs for U.S. users of CKR.) (Depends on what channel the DRCs use to communicate with U.S. operations, doesn't it? If the Anguilla-based DRC must use CKE itself, then the stronger CKR is only as strong as the weaker CKE used in the offshore operation! Cache-22.) --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."