clipper chip reverse engineering i have been looking over the postings about the clipper chip and noticed an interesting omission from the discussion you all mention that the algorithm is classified and have expressed concerns and ideas of how to figure out the algorithm using software the question that i have is why cant someone take one of these chips and reverse engineer it i mean take the thing to a chip testing analysis facility one with a decent electron microscope just pry off the top of the chip and start scanning it with the electron microcope and figure out the circuitry i remembered a place that i use to work for had one of these facilities that they used to analyze chips that we accidently blew out while running tests they could actually find the area that was fried and show us where in the circuit it was i am sure that many companies and universities must have these facilities and that the potential is there especially at a university where the security at such a facility is looser for someone to take a clipper apart and analyze it what can the government do to prevent this start taking away all microchip analysis facilities and electron microscopes mark
