re white house public encryption management fact sheet clipper csrc ncsl nist gov clipper chip announcement writes the president has approved a directive on public encryption management the directive provides for the following when exported abroad it can be used to thwart foreign intelligence activities critical to our national interests the attorney general of the united states or her representative shall request manufacturers of communications hardware which incorporates encryption to install the u s government developed key escrow microcircuits in their products quite interesting how does the us administration intend to persuade non us governments to let the nsa eavesdrop on them or should u s companies install these chips in communication systems sold abroad without the customer s knowedge or consent or not at all thomas koenig ig rz uni karlsruhe de ig dkauni bitnet the joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram
