Clipper Comparisons for non-geeks

bill.stewart@pleasantonca.ncr.com +1-510-484-6204 wcs at anchor.ho.att.com
Sun Apr 17 21:17:39 PDT 1994


> Well, one way I've described the clipper to a non-computer literate
> person is to have them imagine a situation where the government
> required that you gave them a copy of your housekey, and, if you
> decided to get a safe-deposit-box, they would get a copy of that, too.

Yep.  And your car keys.  And your bicycle lock.  And the bag you
deposit your store's money at the bank in.  And of course,
once non-Clipper crypto becomes illegal, if they can't find the escrow
key for your car, they'll just confiscate it - after all, you were
parking it on a public street.







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