crypto law survey questions

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Tue Sep 18 23:01:57 PDT 2001


On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 05:40:27PM -0700, mmotyka at lsil.com wrote:
> Is it true that Gregg is giving up? Has someone told him that his ATM,
> his browser and his garage door opener would be outlawed?

Depends on whether you believe politicotalk or not. Gregg's comments
were heartfelt, IMHO. Sad that the only principles politicos seem to have
nowadays is the principle of limiting crypto, privacy.

> The talk of crypto regs came from more corners than just Gregg's. Why
> would the interest pass so quickly? Is it because they have faith in
> MSWindows, Carnivore and keyboard loggers?
> 
> It will probably surface again soon.

Maybe. Then again, this would have been the time to do it, in this bill.
The fine print will bear reading.

Also, keep an eye out for Sen. Kyl, who complained about crypto last week.

-Declan





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