[87928] in Cypherpunks
Re: What's really in PGP 5.5?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carl M. Ellison)
Thu Oct 9 00:34:36 1997
In-Reply-To: <v03007800b060bf8d9c2d@[209.98.13.103]>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 23:34:48 -0500
To: Bruce Schneier <schneier@counterpane.com>
From: "Carl M. Ellison" <cme@acm.org>
Cc: Jon Callas <jon@pgp.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net,
risks@csl.sri.com, minow@apple.com
Reply-To: "Carl M. Ellison" <cme@acm.org>
I thought when Phil showed me the corporate access option that the user had
the ability to remove that crypto-recipient by double clicking on it in the
window which pops up listing all crypto-recipients. I may have been wrong.
I agree with you that the danger is in allowing the gov't to claim that
industry accepts GAK. If this product were released with a sticker on
every copy to the effect that we citizens have always had a right to
attempt to keep a secret from gov't via crypto, then I'd feel better.
Meanwhile, aren't we overlooking the real issue here: that there are
apparently companies obnoxious enough to tell you you are not allowed to
send mail they can't read? Little Brother may be as bad as Big Brother.
- Carl
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