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Encryption update



>From Edupage:

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION FLIP-FLOPS ON ENCRYPTION ISSUE

Reversing its previous assurances that it was opposed to domestic
encryption controls and determined not to regulate the development of
Internet commerce, the Clinton Administration has drafted legislation that
would require all encryption technology to include a "trap door" feature
allowing immediate decoding of any message by law enforcement officials
armed with a court order.  The plan, which is opposed both by civil
libertarians and by the technology industry, would also require telephone
companies and Internet service providers to use the same feature in any
encryption systems they offer. (New York Times 7 Sep 97) 


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