[44379] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape gives in to key escrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sten Drescher)
Fri Dec 1 11:55:31 1995
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 10:29:14 -0600 (CST)
From: Sten Drescher <dreschs@mpd.tandem.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Cc: sameer@c2.org, jsw@netscape.com, jsw@tera.netscape.com
In-Reply-To: Matt Miszewski's message of Fri, 1 Dec 1995 04:40:23 -36000
Cc: Matt Miszewski <crypto@midex.com>
Matt Miszewski <crypto@midex.com> said:
MM> On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, sameer wrote:
s> Jeff: If Netscape comes out in favor of GAK, will you leave? (Wait
s> until February, at least, of course..) You don't have to answer that
s> to me, or the list, just think about it, and answer it for yourself.
s> Do you think "anyone else" there would leave, as you say below that
s> they don't want to go down history, etc...
MM> While this would go over well in the press if handled right please
MM> let everyone remember that Jeff is a real person with bills to pay
MM> and food to put on at least his own table.
I believe that was the point: How many people at Netscape would
put principled opposition to GAK ahead of expediency? My guess? Not
enough.
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