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Re: Encryption update



Paul Jones wrote:
> 
> >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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