[52192] in Cypherpunks
Re: Why escrow? (was Re: How would Leahy bill affect crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deranged Mutant)
Fri Mar 15 12:11:45 1996
From: "Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 11:49:24 +0000
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
On 14 Mar 96 at 19:41, jim bell wrote:
> >Of course that depends how you give your key to an escrow agent. If
> >it's already escrowed when you buy a phone, for instance...
>
> That's the real danger with any such legislation. Individuals can generally
> only get things that are manufactured for sale. (You can't buy a car with a
> 7-cylinder engine, for instance...) If manufacturers are dissuaded from
> building a good crypto telephone, then key-escrow can be as "voluntary" as
> you want and you still won't be able to exercise your rights.
You might sill be able to buy an unescrowed crypto-phone. If forgeign
companies start selling them, then the gov't will have a hard time
preventing domestic companies from manufacturing them and exporting
them (in theory...) under the legislation.
Rob.
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