Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!mustang!data.nas.nasa.gov!sun418!truesdel From: truesdel@nas.nasa.gov (David A. Truesdell) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Biden's proposal for Backdoors.. Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 91 04:58:56 GMT References: <26177@hydra.gatech.EDU> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 25 ccastmg@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael G. Goldsman) writes: >There has been an interesting discussion reguarding a drive >by Senator Biden to require vendors of cytological hardware to >create backdoors which law enforment officials could us to decrypt data >if need be... >If I had a business which dealt with a lot >of sensative information, there would be no way I would >buy such hardware. (I guess that would mean all software ...slow... >encryption right??) >It really bothers me that the government will have the power to >look at anything they want to... "But Mike, if you're not >doing anything illegal you have nothing to worry about..." >That's just a bit police-statish (is that even a word???), isn't it... Another reason to avoid such hardware; Any backdoor known to the police will surely end up in the hands of criminals in a very short time. You may not mind the information in the hands of the police, but in the hands of a competitor? -- T.T.F.N., dave truesdell (truesdel@nas.nasa.gov) Ita erat quando hic adventi.