No Backdoor-for-Crypto Legislation in the U.S.?

Contributed by Dengue on 2001-10-18 from the clearer-heads dept.

knomevol writes : "WASHINGTON -- Sen. Judd Gregg has abruptly changed his mind and will no longer seek to insert backdoors into encryption products. http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47635,00.html "

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By Anonymous Coward () on 2001-10-18 14:36

Changing his mind now is fine, but the concept has already been laid on the table again. You think Feinstein and/or Hatch won't pick it up again? Time to find a nice apartment on Dagobah.
By knomevol () on 2001-10-25 12:47

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/10/22/encryption.abandoned.idg/index.html

A spokesman for Sen. Judd Gregg, Republican of New Hampshire, has announced that the Senator has abandoned his stance in pushing legislation that would give law enforcement entities a "master key," granting full backdoor access to all encryption products made in the United States.

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