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Re: CYPHERPUNK considered harmful.
Just a couple of comments, one on a question and one on an answer.
>
> >Q: Aren't LEAs worried that strong encryption will make it more
> >difficult for them to catch crooks?
If this is for non-cypherpunks, you should say what an LEA is. They wouldn't
understand your question. (Shoot, some cypherpunks are probably going, "Huh?")
>
> >Q: What's this 'key escrow' thing?
> >
> >A: Some government agencies have been trying to figure out methods which
> >simultaneously permit US citizens to use strong cryptography against
> >criminal eavesdroppers, while retaining the ease with which LEAs can
> >currently tap your calls. The schemes generally involve something
> >mistitled 'key escrow', in which copies of cryptographic keys would be
> >stored at sites accessible by LEAs.
>
> 'key escrow' is a code word for government access to the unencrypted
> message. It is a persistent theme, dating back to the NSA's CCEP in about
You probably need to say what the NSA is, and certainly have to identify CCEP.
Patrick
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