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From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: Once tapped, your code is no good any more.
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 15:51:07 -0500
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tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) writes:
> But is it any worse than the current unsecure system? It becomes much 
> worse, of course, if the government then uses this "Clinton Clipper" to 
> argue for restrictions on unapproved encryption. (This is the main 
> concern of most of us, I think. The camel's nose in the tent, etc.) 

I agree.  This is the danger I see, not the system itself.  That is to say, 
this is a political issue, not a technical one.


Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation





