clipper + enaction = illegal alternate encryption

[Jeremy Cooper]

On Tue, 1 Mar 1994 VACCINIA at UNCVX1.OIT.UNC.EDU wrote:

> Jeremy at crl.com writes:
> 
> >Now why bother going through all the trouble to take out the chip? Why 
> >not just leave it in there and send RSA encrypted over your phone line?
> >Once they _DO_ decrypt your clipper, they will still have another barrier. 
> >Leaving the chip in there does make it a little harder even for law 
> >enforcement doesn't it?
> 
> This is the reason all other forms of encryption will be outlawed if the
> clipper proposal goes through. I foresee at least two lines of enforcement.
> The first is that one is held in contempt of court (assuming they can find 
> some charges to press) until you give them your key. How long can they keep 
> you in the slammer on a contempt charge? This option is already available 
> and seems to work, at least so far. 

I am talking about the clipper of today, not tommorow.  When the
government decides to outlaw all other schemes of encryption then we have
a different story.  I was responding to someone who was going out of their
way (or said they would) to remove the chips from his/her equipment. 

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