Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)

[Joe Block]

>> silly at 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.