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clipper==bad, but how do you explain this to average joe 6-pack?
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- Subject: clipper==bad, but how do you explain this to average joe 6-pack?
- From: [email protected] (Mike Sherwood)
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 94 15:50:23 PST
- Comments: No comment..
- Organization: Evil Geniuses For A Better Tomorrow
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How do we go about explaining why clipper is bad to average joe 6-pack?
I've noticed that most normal people seem to think the reasons against
clipper are just paranoid concerns of a bunch of conspiracy theorists.
Average joe 6-pack doesn't seem concerned that the government will have
the keys to decrypt anything he does using a cellular phone with a
clipper chip. Or in the key database were compromised, such things could
be forged, but that's what average joe 6-pack sees as being the
imaginations of a bunch of conspiracy theorists in action. How can this
be explained to people who have a hard time differentiating a 5.25"
floppy from a small paper plate? (Well, they couldn't do it 2 out of 3
times)
If we can't effectively convince the average citizens that clipper is
bad, they'll accept it because the government told them it is good and
alternative crypto is bad because the only reason to hide something from
our benevolent, democratic government(which is always acting in our best
interests) is if we're hideous criminals.
Any comments would be appreciated.
-Mike
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Mike Sherwood
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