[44584] in Cypherpunks
Re: Do the Right Thing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Sun Dec 3 16:50:08 1995
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 13:39:22 -0800
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May), cypherpunks@toad.com
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
At 12:22 PM 12/3/95 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
>Netscape, being the dominant browser company, and Microsoft, being the
>dominant OS company, are in special positions to "build in Big Brother."
Bill Gates, after some ducking, weaving, and equivocating, has said
that GAK is a violation of our right to privacy.
Jim Clark has said that GAK is the government benevolently protecting
our privacy.
I hope to see a "clarification" of Clark's position soon, and I am
far from happy with the "clarification" provided by Jeff.
> Netscape is becoming the yellow corn of the Web, and an obvious
> "choke point" for the NSA and its sisters to mandate crypto policies.
> Hence, the role of non-yellow-corn alternatives...)
I recommend Mosaic, much improved in its latest release, and, unlike
Netscape, standards compliant.
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