re once they get your keys in article tcmayc z ye f netcom com tcmay netcom com timothy c may writes it is unclear whether obtaining the key at time also unlocks messages recorded by whomever at earlier times the announcement was silent on this the betting seems to be that once your key has been obtained by the authorities by divorce lawyers by the mafia by the fbi by lost or stolen backup tapes by the nsa etc all previous conversations are unsecure session keys are negotiated but knowing the private key is believed by many commentators here to break the security no doubt more details will emerge it is completely clear you have to assume that each byte that was encrypted by this clipper chip has been compromised some people wondered why denning hellman and others did not respond when asked what would be done about such compromised phones or if compromise could not be restricted in time i did too let us just assume that a they do not know and b those who know don t tell and c they do not care it seem s to be an other person s problem gec instruments register only through things they re designed to register space still contains infinite unknowns pgp key id germano caronni caronni nessie cs id ethz ch fd ccf f da ea c dd f
