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Re: fbi, crypto, and defcon
At 10:13 PM 7/31/96 -0700, Cerridwyn Llewyellyn wrote:
>A more cynical view is that they are there to protect some of the biggest
>institutions of "organized crime" (ie: Congress, At&t, Microsoft, etc) who
>are ripping people off on a daily basis from the other organizations who
>refuse to play by their rules.
Speaking of AT+T, as I recall one of the incidents which preceded the
introduction of Clipper was the news that AT+T was going to introduce an
encrypted telephone using DES as the encryption algorithm. According to the
story, AT+T was "bought off" by the US government. I haven't looked into
that for a couple of years, but if we're looking for co-conspirators that
would be a good place to start.
Also: Clipper was fabbed by VLSI Technology. A few pointed inquiries might
work wonders here.
Jim Bell
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