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Computerworld article -- gov't lies re Clipper
From: gnu () toad com <gnu () toad com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 16:56:56 -0700
Note the paragraph: It should also be understood that the use of products implementing the key escrow encryption microcircuit is voluntary. There has been no attempt to either mandate its use or to deny the entry of other encryption technologies into the marketplace. Didn't the government influence AT&T to drop its "3600" line of DES-based telephone encryption devices, in favor of Clipper-based devices? That sounds like an attempt to deny entry of other encryption technologies into the marketplace. In fact, the story is that AT&T's mass marketing of these phones is what pushed the Clipper schedule and caused them to announce it when it wasn't quite ready. John ------- Forwarded Message
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