Clipper Chip Banking
Toto
toto at sk.sympatico.ca
Fri Feb 28 00:33:27 PST 1997
KALLISTE at delphi.com wrote:
> Just as the "Clipper" proposal
> (the Escrowed Encryption Standard) is a
> system of encrypted communication with
> a Big Brother peephole, so is Sandia e-
> cash a system of digital cash with a
> Big Brother peephole. It was designed
> that way.
> Why is Sandia interested in
> digital cash systems? Well, Sandia is
> responsible for all non-nuclear
> components of nuclear weapons. The
> security of nuclear weapons depends
> partly on cryptology. The code-
> breaking National Security Agency
> (NSA), for example, is responsible for
> the communication security of the
> Minuteman missile, as well as the codes
> by which the President must identify
> himself to authorize a nuclear strike.
The main benefit of the proposed Sadia system is that it will
allow the President to do his banking while nuking the commies.
Sound reasonable to me.
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Toto
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