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silly@ugcs.caltech.edu ((me)) writes: Help! What does GAK stand for? I've seen it a billion times,

Government Access to Keys; also seen as GACK (Crypto Keys). This is more descriptive and accurate than calling it Key Escrow, since escrow is for the benefit of the parties involved in a transaction. I think it's Carl Ellison's invention, and most apt it is.

I like Federal Usurpation of Citizens Keys for Encrypted Discourse, myself.