[67372] in Cypherpunks
Re: gack vs. key escrow vs. key recovery
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adamsc)
Sat Oct 5 03:09:11 1996
From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
To: "Dale Thorn" <dthorn@gte.net>, "Eric Murray" <ericm@lne.com>
Cc: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 96 23:47:38 -0700
Reply-To: "Chris Adams" <adamsc@io-online.com>
On Thu, 03 Oct 1996 23:44:59 -0700, Dale Thorn wrote:
>Sounds to me like there's a need for a program that can produce secure
>encryption, yet the output looks like "real junk", i.e., not anything
>like what one of the *better* programs would produce. Then you can
>claim (with testimony of experts if necessary) that "I didn't encrypt
>it, must be just garbage". And even if you got some bozo govt. person
>testifying against you, you shouldn't have much problem making them look
>stupid and vindictive in front of a jury.
OTP anyone?
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