re clipper not good enough for government in article rdippold qualcom rdippold qualcomm com ron asbestos dippold writes there s been some discussion very recently as to whether the government once again might exempt themselves from something they use to screw us over well from comp dcom telecom from lesreeves attmail com subject odds n ends in the news the clipper chip device introduced yesterday by at t may not be suitable for government use says house telecom subcommittee chairman markey in a letter to commerce secretary brown markey asked whether the use of the technology could lead to inadvertently increased costs to those u s companies hoping to serve both the government and private markets markey has ordered brown to answer several questions about security and cost concerns by april communications daily this is stupid won t it cost more to those companies hoping to serve the gov t and private markets if they don t use the same technology doug bank private systems division dougb ecs comm mot com motorola communications sector dougb nwu edu schaumburg illinois dougb casbah acns nwu edu
