[52125] in Cypherpunks
Re: Why escrow? (was Re: How would Leahy bill affect crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deranged Mutant)
Thu Mar 14 08:03:48 1996
From: "Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@UNiX.asb.com>
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 07:57:09 +0000
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
On 13 Mar 96 at 15:27, jim bell wrote:
[..]
> That's why I'm more than a little
> disturbed about the one really bad portion of the Leahy bill: The one that
> makes using encryption to thwart an investigation a crime......
Same here. If crypto becomes commonplace in everything, one may not
have a choice if one is in the midst of a crime. And what if the
"crime" is planning a demonstration that say, interferes with some
government activity? You don't want the COINTELPRO busybodies to
know what you're planning, but when you're arrested it's another
charge they can throw in.
[..]
> If I were trying to detect government investigation in such a situation, I
> would buy a crypto phone, open an "escrow account" on a totally voluntary
> basis, give them a phony key, and then (as part of the
(presumably?) [..]
Would it be legal to deceive an escrow agent?
Rob.
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