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Re: Keepers of the keys
At 12:45 PM 7/18/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote, quoting Joe Shea, for
those of you who can't follow attributions very well:
> Declan, what would you think if the actual keepers of the keys,
>so to speak, were the courts, such as the Administratoive Office of the
>US Courts? That would at least seem to reduce a lot of the possible
>privacy concerns. One has the sense that once they get into the hands of
>the varius agencies, they'll get back out.
>
>Best,
>
>Joe Shea
>Editor-in-Chief
>The American Reporter
>[email protected]
>http://www.newshare.com:9999
Judges are human, too. "Agencies don't break the law -- people do". The
next Ames could be a judge on any Federal court. Frankly, I find it mildly
amusing no one has asked the Congressional defenders of key escrow, point
blank, "What safeguards do you have against keys falling into the hands of
the next Ames?" Who watches the watchmen?