re once tapped your code is no good any more in article strnlghtc who fk netcom com strnlght netcom com david sternlight writes in article a rubin dsg dse beckman com a rubin dsg dse beckman com arthur rubin writes i wouldn t think so asking people to trust a secret algorithm seems unsound to me maybe so but it s quite common not when your talking about cryptography there are millions of macintosh users who have no idea what s in apple s patented roms many have modems connected how do you know all your business secrets aren t being stolen answer because you trust apple think again you won t see me using apple s new signature from the finder feature because if any such attempt however sophicsticated came out it would destroy apple s credibility forever this analogy fails in its assumption that the government gives two squirts about credibility in addition apple s proclaimed purpose in releasing the macintosh wasn t survellience quite the opposite on january apple will introduce macintosh and you ll see why won t be like so don t give me any bullshit analogies about how we trust coke not to put mind control drugs in every can to get us to buy more in the clipper case a representative body of experts is going to be allowed to audit it and we ll have assurances maybe even from the president that other than the escrowed keys there are no back doors while some may not have confidence in that i am not among them it s a lot more assurance than we get for many things we routinely trust in everyday life one of the reasons we should be all the more suspicious when was the last time the president wasted his time to comfort americans just another reason to look closely at exactally what s going on david david sternlight great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our information errors and omissions excepted uni acs bu edu uni acs bu edu public keys by finger and or request public key archives pgp public keys pgp iastate edu sovereignty is the sign of a brutal past fight clinton s wiretap chip df f b de b c c crypto is not a crime ask me how
