At 12:22 PM 12/3/95 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:

Netscape, being the dominant browser company, and Microsoft, being the dominant OS company, are in special positions to "build in Big Brother."

Bill Gates, after some ducking, weaving, and equivocating, has said that GAK is a violation of our right to privacy. Jim Clark has said that GAK is the government benevolently protecting our privacy. I hope to see a "clarification" of Clark's position soon, and I am far from happy with the "clarification" provided by Jeff.

Netscape is becoming the yellow corn of the Web, and an obvious "choke point" for the NSA and its sisters to mandate crypto policies. Hence, the role of non-yellow-corn alternatives...)

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