re clipper considered harmful restated and amplified in article rcboi j a access digex net steve b access digex com steve brinich writes feds we need the keys to joe blow s phone escrow agent joe blow you have a warrant to tap his line feds well no but we have a warrant to tap carlos slime devil gonzales line and our tap shows that mr gonzales is using mr blow s phone escrow agent well ok no no no no no no no it will go like this feds we need the key to phone re d escrow you have a warrant to tap the line phone re d is on feds yes escrow fine here is our key what happens is feds tap a line find clipper is being used extract serial number get key decipher convo the serial number is never registered to a specific owner it is sent as part of the conversation if i give you my clipper phone you do not need to re register it mainly because it was never registered to me in the first place there are a lot of things that bother me about clipper but this is not one of them let s get our facts straight and not waste effort demolishing straw men ra rogue cs neu edu rogue agent sod the nsa is now funding research not only in cryptography but in all areas of advanced mathematics if you d like a circular describing these new research opportunities just pick up your phone call your mother and ask for one
