[12535] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Gov demanding PGP key.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph W. Stroup)
Fri May 20 13:36:51 1994
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 23:34:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Joseph W. Stroup" <nettech@crl.com>
To: "David S. Pesetsky 230-6088 AGT/8880" <iedsp@agt.gmeds.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9405181234.AA22130@agt.gmeds.com>
This sounds like a CNN sort of thing. Maybe someone did but, I would
guess that NSA could do without it.
Joseph Stroup
On Wed, 18 May 1994, David S. Pesetsky 230-6088 AGT/8880 wrote:
> I heard on CNN this morning that the government is demanding that the
> author of PGP give up the "key" to decrypt encrypred files. Just in case
> us good citizens want to encrypt stuff the gov wants to see, of course.
> Not that anyone in the gov is corrupt and would use it for their own gain...
>
> My question is: Didn't the author of PGP post the source code where the
> gov can get it and doesn't that mean they can get the "key" from there?
>
> Forgive me if this has been answered.
>
> Dave
>
