Re: Clipper spin [was Re:Flood Warning]

[jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>]

At 12:00 PM 10/3/96 -0800, Jim McCoy wrote:
>[...]
>>
>>   High-Tech Leaders Join Forces to Enable International
>>   Strong Encryption
>>
>>      See: http://www.ibm.com/news/alliance2.htm
>
>The "International Strong Encryption" phrase is something that we
>need to become active in stopping.  Anything which responds to such
>announcements should put a different spin on this phrase.  If the
>Clipper farce is accepted as "strong" encryption then the battle is
>lost; maybe something like "it is _international_ strong encryption
>because it is the strongest encryption people like Saddam Hussein [insert
>bogeyman du jour] want Americans to have access to"

Idea 1:  It should be called "International Weakened Encryption."

Idea 2:  The "alliance" term above in the URL should be replaced with "Axis."
Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com