I confess [Was: Who was that Masked Cypherpunk?]
Declan B. McCullagh
declan+ at CMU.EDU
Sat Jul 6 11:30:02 PDT 1996
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 5-Jul-96 Re: I confess [Was: Who
was.. by Duncan Frissell at panix.co
> JR offered an amendment which changed the language to refer to "so-called
> Key Escrow (actually government access to keys GAK)" and he also explained
> that "escrow" is where you place something with a trusted third party and
> the government is neither trusted nor a third party. He mentioned
> cypherpunks live on CSPAN.
>
> Maybe when JR finished the Con he can post the original proposed language of
> the LPs plank and the final language as amended.
I was sitting not far from Jim when he offered the amendment; I remember
it passing overwhelmingly. However, I don't think think the word "GAK"
was in there -- just "government access to keys."
The change to the platform, including Jim's amendment, passed unanimously.
-Declan
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