re an open letter to mr clinton in article bontchev fbihh bontchev fbihh informatik uni hamburg de writes strnlght netcom com david sternlight writes here s a simple way to convert the clipper proposal to an unexceptionable one make it voluntary as usually you are not reading the proposal does say that it is a voluntary program this doesn t make it more desirable though that is you get high quality secure nsa classified technology if you agree to escrow your key otherwise you are on your own secure how do you know because nsa is trying to make you believe it trust us yeah right otherwise you are on your own how do you know that tomorrow they will not outlaw encrypring devices that don t use their technology because they are promising you gee they are not doing even that read the proposal again one minor nitpick it is not a proposal it is a decision from their point of view it is a done deal the chips are being manufactured it obviously has been budgeted the whole thing that is what is so upsetting this was all done in secret because they didn t want the people to know what was going on until it is too late otherwise i agree with you percent how come it always takes someone who has lived under the eastern bloc to remind us about how precious and fragile our liberties are please keep up the good work hopefully you will wake someone up regards vesselin vesselin vladimirov bontchev virus test center university of hamburg tel fax fachbereich informatik agn pgp public key available on request vogt koelln strasse rm c e mail bontchev fbihh informatik uni hamburg de d hamburg germany pat rwing uucp without prejudice ucc pat myrto seattle wa if all else fails try uunet pilchuck rwing pat wisdom only two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity and i am not sure about the former albert einstien
