Re: Clipper Chip Sunk?

[mbraun@hydra.urbana.mcd.mot.com (Matthew Braun)]

sjensen@eis.calstate.edu (Steve Jensen) writes:
>I understand Big Brother has stopped development on the controversial
>"Clipper chip".  Does anyone have info on this?

You have been misinformed.  Several agencies mis-interpreted one of Vice
President Gore's letters as Clipper's death knell.  Unfortunately, it simply
reaffimred the administration's desire to establish a key-escrow system.

This discussion doesn't belong here, though.  Check out one of the crypto
groups, comp.risks, or comp.privacy for more information.

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