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Re: Bush Seeks to Curry Favor in Silicon Valley (was Re: ECARM NEWS for July 02,1999 Second Ed.)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Fri Jul 2 21:53:00 1999
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@mit.edu>
To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
Date: 02 Jul 1999 19:25:44 -0400
In-Reply-To: Robert Hettinga's message of "Fri, 2 Jul 1999 17:21:59 -0400"
Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com> writes:
>> No mention in this article about crypto, but he seems to be pointed in the
>> right direction.
I think this article is related to Clinton's recent decision to loosen
export restrictions on hardware:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/02export.html
I like this quote:
In a statement on Thursday, Clinton said that maintaining the current
level of controls "would hurt U.S. exports without benefiting our
national security." His Commerce Secretary, William M. Daley, held a
Sony Playstation aloft in the White House press room on Thursday, and
said that unless the controls were eased, a powerful new version of
the popular game machine available this Christmas would be classified
as restricted.
Clearly, we need a crypto-based protduct for christmas. Maybe
Fisher-Price wants to make a brightly colored secure phone for
toddlers :-)
Marc
