[67172] in Cypherpunks
Clipper spin [was Re:Flood Warning]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim McCoy)
Thu Oct 3 15:22:17 1996
In-Reply-To: <199610031447.OAA03009@pipe2.ny1.usa.pipeline.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 12:00:00 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Jim McCoy <mccoy@communities.com>
[...]
>
> High-Tech Leaders Join Forces to Enable International
> Strong Encryption
>
> See: http://www.ibm.com/news/alliance2.htm
The "International Strong Encryption" phrase is something that we
need to become active in stopping. Anything which responds to such
announcements should put a different spin on this phrase. If the
Clipper farce is accepted as "strong" encryption then the battle is
lost; maybe something like "it is _international_ strong encryption
because it is the strongest encryption people like Saddam Hussein [insert
bogeyman du jour] want Americans to have access to"
jim
