Re: "Key Escrow" --- the very idea

[Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>]

On Fri, 22 Jul 1994, Carl Ellison wrote:
> 1.	I'm not a fan of key registration
Good, but DONT make comprimises that screw the other guy.

> 2.	If it were forced down my throat, I want to make sure that
> 	the escrow agents can form a list of people being tapped so that
Ok, so what you are saying is you don't want your phone taped just 
because your coworker is under investigation.  This is a reasonable 
objcetive, but...

> 	they can detect abuses and possibly notify those tapped that
> 	they've been compromised.  They can't do that without either an
Wait a second, they would notify those that have been victimized?  Are 
you serious?  Do you have one case in the history of the united states 
where they have done this?  I think it is better to keep it out of their 
hands totally, and it would be beter to identify the person doing the 
taping, not the person being taped.

> 	ID of the equipment owner or some communciations/routing path
> 	which can map from equipment ID to my addr/phone/e-mail (to
> 	notify me).
Ok, so you would, if you had to register your key, also demand that all 
communication devices be registered also?  I don't like this idea, I have 
a right to communicate and I don't need the governments permision to use 
the phone.  I think you are selling away everything with this proposal.

> 	In other words, I want to see this hypothetical escrow agent
> 	(or one of the many) as someone protecting my rights against the
> 	interests of a tapping agency.
I fail to see how you identifying yourself every time you have to use a 
pay-phone could possibly lead to a protection of your rights.

Berzerk.