[103972] in Cypherpunks
Re: Web TV with 128b exported
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Honig)
Wed Oct 7 13:55:57 1998
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 09:04:45 -0700
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net>
From: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199810062125.RAA26914@domains.invweb.net>
Reply-To: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
At 04:32 PM 10/6/98 -0500, William H. Geiger III wrote:
> at 11:08 AM, David Honig <honig@sprynet.com> said:
>>The WebTV(TM) Network service, combined with the WebTV-based Internet
>>terminals and receivers, is the first communications system permitted by
>>the U.S. government to provide strong encryption for general use by
>>non-U.S. citizens in Japan and the United Kingdom. Such strong encryption
>>allows Japanese and United Kingdom subscribers of WebTV to communicate
>>through the WebTV Network (both within national borders and
>>internationally) without fear of interception by unauthorized parties.
>
>I have my doubts on this. I find it highly unlikely that the FEDs would
>approve this without some form of GAK built in even if it is not in the
>form of "key recovery".
>
I'd guess that the Export control puppets know that the Web-TV hubs will
be subpoena-able by the US even in these other "sovereign" nations.
The WebTV centralized infrastructure makes this easy.
