Re: H.R.4922

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>]

On Tue, 3 Jan 1995 VAMAGUS@delphi.com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 21:16:31 -0500 (EST)
> From: VAMAGUS@delphi.com
> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: H.R.4922
> 
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> If I am digging up old info please excuse me, I haven't been able
> to read the majority of mail due to the volume of, fluff, shall
> we say.
> 
> For U.S. cypherpunks this is it:
> H.R. 4922 "Interception of Digital and Other Communications"
> passed as of October. This is the first *I* heard about it.
> In short the bill requires:
> " ...telecommunications carrier shall insure that it's equipment,
> facilities, or services are capable of (1) expeditiosly isolating and
> enabling the government, persuant to a court order or other
> authorization, to intercept, to the exclusion of all other communications,
> all wire and electronic communications carried by the carrier....etc.
> 
> Time for me to generate more keys!


I assume you are concerned that this requires carriers to provide 
plaintext even if the end users are encrypting.  It really does not.

If you are simply concerned about mandated interception ability plain or 
cypher, it's mildly old news.

> 
> More info available at:
> ftp.eff.org     /pub/EFF/Policy/Digital_Telephony/digtel94.bill
> gopher.eff.org  /1/EFF/Policy/Digital_Telephony/digtel94.bill
> http.eff.org    /pub/EFF/Policy/Digital_Telephony/digtel94.bill
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