re once tapped your code is no good any more uni acs bu edu shaen bernhardt writes i wish i could agree with you ask yourself this why would any private sector entity wish to buy a crypto system that was known to be at least partially compromised a to use for sensitive but not strategically important traffic b if the system was cheap for example i don t own a cordless phone with clipper i would if the local men in blue really want to listen to me talk to my friends or order pizza i m no worse off than i am now and i don t have to worry about local kids or nosy neighbors that is to say clipper raises the bar on insecure channels it doesn t make them secure by any means but a wall even if the fbi can get a master key by court order is still better than a keep off the grass sign the answer seems obvious to me they wouldn t there is other hardware out there not compromised des as an example triple des as a better one so where can i buy a des encrypted cellular phone how much does it cost personally cylink stuff is out of my budget for personal use how can you reconcile the administrations self proclaimed purpose of providing law enforcement with access to encrypted data without making the clipper system the only crypto available in the u s the second and fourth amendments do come to mind amanda walker intercon systems corporation
