[45731] in Cypherpunks
Re: King Kong Does e$
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Thu Dec 21 05:04:36 1995
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 00:57:59 -0800
From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Hal wrote:
> But this influence is making us a target of companies who know that
> gaining our approval, or at least avoiding our criticism, is important
> for success on the net. In many cases, such as the recent flap over
> Netscape's attitudes towards key escrow, I detect a whiff of two
> sidedness, in which one attitude is presented for the benefit of
> government and law enforcement interests, while another posture, more
> acceptable to cypherpunks, is adopted on the net.
At the NIST meeting our representative made a strong statement
against the governments GAK proposal, and government interference
with crypto in general. If I'm not mistaken that was a government
and law enforcement forum. We want to sell (and give away) products
that contain strong encryption, and our customers want to buy it.
We are beginning to take a more active role in trying to achieve
this goal. Its not happening fast enough for me either, but it
is happening.
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
