re once tapped your code is no good any more in article c so hxv demon co uk graham toal gtoal gtoal com writes in article rwing uucp pat rwing uucp pat myrto writes if the clinton clipper is so very good why not make its algrithm public so many people can exchange ideas and examine it rather than a few isolated respected experts respected by whom for what perhaps a one more time if they released the algorithm it would be possible for someone to come up with an implementation which was identical but lacking an escrowed key note that the press announcement mentioned that the algorithm was being kept secret for security of the key escrow system in this case security means an escrowed key for every clipper chip assuming you believed all that is said about the effective of the algorithm and the escrow system which would you buy a chip from firm a with the escrowed key b second source chip from reputable firm b with no key in government escrow there would obviously be powerful economic incentives for a second source non escrowed vendor
