re new encryption algorithm in article artmel well sf ca us artmel well sf ca us arthur melnick writes we are strongly opposed to the clipper capstone chips in a press release today our president dr stephen bryen stated it seems as if the government has an unlimited source of funds to use to push its new bugged chips on the american public but do we not understand how the national security agency which is not supposed to be involved in domestic spying can fund the development of a commercial chip intended to accommodate u s government domestic spying activities well actually this one s easy it s their job the nsa is supposed to develop cryptosystems if the government chooses to go ahead and sell those cryptosystems to the masses so be it this sounds a lot like slamming the competition not a cry for justice these guys are way out on a limb if i read that right they ve commited their new algorithm to silicon before it s been made public what are they gonna do if shamir writes a paper showing how to crack the entire class of algorithms in minutes with a slide rule and a pencil if they weren t busy throwing muck to smear their competitors i d feel kinda sorry for em still do a little andrew
