back doors in clipper i think it very unlikely there are back doors in clipper for two reasons the government doesn t need them if it can get the key and yes i assume that the official government obeys court orders etc and that the design of the chip and its approval were official it would defeat the whole purpose of providing secure crypto for american business that couldn t be read by our economic adversaries if this were not a legitimate and genuine purpose and as many think the nsa can read des why bother otherwise rational responses preferred to conspiracy theories thanks david david sternlight great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our information errors and omissions excepted
