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John Gilmore <[email protected]> reported:
>My favorite was his summary report on the OECD meeting in December,
>~steptoe/286908.htm, at which the US tried to parade some of the
>fruits of its behind-the-scenes efforts to convince other governments
>to become as authoritarian as the US government on crypto policy.
Why help "potential enemies"? Why a govt risks it's cherished
'national security'?
>If the US government can quietly convince other countries to support
>Clipper-like systems (including "mandatory key escrow" and "trusted
It probably means that they already cracked the code... :)
Definitely, they are insane beyond the safety level...
JFA
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