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Re: Senate panel nixes ProCODE II, approves McCain-Kerrey bill
At 3:03 PM -0700 6/19/97, John Smith wrote:
>>Frist also introduced amendments to the McCain-Kerrey
>>bill that were accepted:
>>
>>* Requiring that not any Federally-funded
>> communications network, but only ones established "for
>> transaction of government business" would use key
>> escrow -- thereby jumpstarting the domestic market.
>
>Will this narrow the bill so it no longer applies to researchers,
>students and others who happen to use subsidized networks? If so,
>that would take out the worst part of it. Key escrow when you're
>sending to the government isn't so bad, since the government can
>read your message anyway.
There is still the fact the "Escrow Agent" is a target of opportunity. I
don't worry about the government reading my tax return, but I certainly
want it kept confidential from everyone else.
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