Escrow expectations

Black Unicorn unicorn at schloss.li
Fri Dec 8 22:14:54 PST 1995


On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Adam Shostack wrote:

> 
> 	If there is no expectation of privacy when a key is escrowed
> with Bob, or my companies attorneys, then would there be any
> expectation of privacy under Clipper?  Perhaps this is a powerful
> argument we should expect to have used against us...
> 
> 	"Your honor, we argue that in escrowing his keys with the US
> government, the defendant should have known his communications could
> be listened to, and thus has no expectation of privacy."

Uh, this was the entire point of that thread "is a lawyer in the house" yes.

> 
> 
> Adam
> 
> -- 
> "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
> 					               -Hume
> 
> 

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