I think the current situation is causing knee-jerk reactions like this to look like a
good thing to people.
I guess that government officials such as this Judd Gregg never thought that if such a
backdoor exists in a product, that someone who is doing something illegal, is just not
going to use such a product. Besides the US cannot enforce this outside the country,
and someone could just "roll their own" to fulfill their needs.
It makes me think that government is just trying to find more ways to intrude easily
and take advantage of the current attitude.
Later,
Sean
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 19:08:42 -0700, Chad R. Henry wrote:
>From wartimeliberty.com:
>
>http://www.wartimeliberty.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/22/026245
>
>Sen. Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire), who called for global
>backdoors in encryption products in a floor speech last week, is
>readying legislation.
>
>An Associated Press article by Lori Ayotte datelined Concord, New
>Hampshire reports that Gregg is "drafting" a bill. An excerpt from
>the article: "Computer software companies would have to install a
>backdoor for law enforcement agencies to unscramble secret
>messages on phones, e-mails and other communications used by
>suspected terrorists, under a proposal by U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-
>N.H.
>'We are in a new world and we have to give our law enforcement
>community more tools,' Gregg said Thursday. 'We're blind ... as to
>what these people want to do to us,' he added. 'We need this
>information.'
>
>Gregg, who is still drafting the measure, stresses it would be used
>cautiously. Police agencies could access encryption keys only with
>permission from a quasi-judicial commission appointed by the U.S.
>Supreme Court, and their requests would be subject to search and
>seizure standards, he said."
>
>In the last few days, Gregg has received support from newspaper
>columnists, the Baltimore Sun, and a Newsweek poll. Lest we
>forget, Gene Poteat, president of the Association of Former
>Intelligence Officers, is quoted in the article: "We don't want to give
>up our constitutional rights and freedoms. I want my privacy too. But
>I want my children to be safe."
>
>Chad
>
>
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