[44256] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape gives in to key escrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Thu Nov 30 12:02:05 1995
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:52:45 -0800
To: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Cc: jsw@tera.netscape.com
At 12:55 AM 11/30/95 -0800, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> All press accounts I've read so far
> have lots of stuff attributed to Jim, but very little of it is actual
> quotes.
Then we would like to hear Jim "clarify" his position.
Absent such clarification, we must assume he considers the
press reports of what he said to be reasonably accurate.
> I don't want to go down in history as a facilitator of the totalitarian
> state, and I don't think anyone else here does either.
Most of the major players have taken a position overtly opposed to
GAK (whilst leaving themselves some wriggle room, should
the heat get too severe).
What is netscape's position?
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