[67513] in Cypherpunks
Re: Clipper spin [was Re:Flood Warning]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Trei)
Mon Oct 7 09:51:18 1996
From: "Peter Trei" <trei@process.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 09:34:18 -6
Reply-To: trei@process.com
Cc: trei@toad.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
Back when IBM/Lotus came out with it's "International" version, I
proposed the term 'espionage-enabled software'. I still like it.
Peter Trei
trei@process.com
