House panel votes behind closed doors to build in Big Brother

Ian Goldberg iang at cs.berkeley.edu
Sun Sep 14 09:15:38 PDT 1997



Two snips from the bill:

>LEGAL TO USE CRYPTO: "After January 31, 2000, it shall not be
>unlawful to use any encryption product purchased or in use prior to
>such date."

>[T]he "president may by executive order waive
>any provision of this act" if he thinks it's a threat to national
>security.

   - Ian







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