[104090] in Cypherpunks
Re: Web TV with 128b exported
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Fri Oct 9 04:30:30 1998
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 01:06:03 -0700
To: Steve Bryan <sbryan@vendorsystems.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <v03102800b24170b75a4f@[204.1.1.65]>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
At 02:39 PM 10/7/98 -0500, Steve Bryan wrote:
> David Honig wrote:
> > 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.
>
> This announcement seems to be getting a lot of this sort of reaction but I
> don't see quite why the news is greeted with such animosity. If a duly
> authorized search warrant is required in order to obtain information that
> represents a potential world of difference from having unrestricted ability
> to monitor all communications.
Who would you execute the search warrant _on_? The web site and the
browser user? (Then why not let Netscape and IE export 128-bit?)
Or some third party who has access to something in the middle
(and may not be picky about search warrants, and may not have as much
standing to resist a court order or subpoena) ?
Or is the WebTV 128-bit code crippleware, using some backdoor key
or other hole for police to break in?
Basically, it just sounds fishy.
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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