re the escrow database perry e metzger pmetzger snark shearson com wrote here is a disturbing thought good stuff elided don t pretend that no one unauthorized will ever get their hands on the escrow databases secret the escrow databases aren t the sorts of secrets that our teachers told us about but they are the sort of big secrets they would lump into this category imagine trying to replace million clipper chips sounds to me like a great gimmick for a replacement market every so often issue a clipper alert announcing that some key backup tapes are missing that some drug lords got em whatever then the owners of these clipperphones have to trot down to their local key escrow agency and buy new chips and have them programmed microtoxin the clipper supplier will make a killing maybe this was the real idea anybody know if janet reno has stock in microtoxin vlsi technology or at t could be a good opportunity to undermine this with some disinformation float rumors that the key database has been stolen all the chips need replacing it angers people undermines confidence even more and kills sales after the waco massacre and the big brother wiretap chip any tactic is fair tim may timothy c may crypto anarchy encryption digital money tcmay netcom com anonymous networks digital pseudonyms zero knowledge reputations information markets w a s t e aptos ca black markets collapse of governments higher power public key pgp and mailsafe available
