[45031] in Cypherpunks
Re: Escrow expectations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Sat Dec 9 01:20:40 1995
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 01:16:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
To: Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
Cc: Cypherpunks Mailing List <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: <199512081417.JAA03121@homeport.org>
On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Adam Shostack wrote:
>
> If there is no expectation of privacy when a key is escrowed
> with Bob, or my companies attorneys, then would there be any
> expectation of privacy under Clipper? Perhaps this is a powerful
> argument we should expect to have used against us...
>
> "Your honor, we argue that in escrowing his keys with the US
> government, the defendant should have known his communications could
> be listened to, and thus has no expectation of privacy."
Uh, this was the entire point of that thread "is a lawyer in the house" yes.
>
>
> Adam
>
> --
> "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
> -Hume
>
>
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