Re: WaPo on Crypto-Genie Terrorism

[David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>]

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Thanks for listening;
David

At 12:37 PM -0700 7/30/96, Ray Arachelian wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, David Sternlight wrote:
>
>> Let those who passed basic English use the skills they were taught. Freeh
>> said, and I repeated, that the system wasn't designed to prevent
determined
>> criminals from using robust crypto.
>
>Yes, and the implication is this: the system was designed to prevent law
>abiding folk from using robust crypto, and to allow the TLA's and LEA's
>to snoop on them.

Close. For "designed to prevent" read "not make available from the US", and
for "folk" read "foreigners".

There's no earthly reason the US should assist foreigners in thwarting US
intelligence efforts.

As readers know, I am opposed to mandatory domestic key escrow.

David

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