[86550] in Cypherpunks
Re: House panel votes behind closed doors to build in Big Brother
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Goldberg)
Sun Sep 14 13:01:43 1997
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: 14 Sep 1997 16:10:09 GMT
Reply-To: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Two snips from the bill:
>LEGAL TO USE CRYPTO: "After January 31, 2000, it shall not be
>unlawful to use any encryption product purchased or in use prior to
>such date."
>[T]he "president may by executive order waive
>any provision of this act" if he thinks it's a threat to national
>security.
- Ian
