Xref: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu alt.privacy.clipper:133 sci.crypt:16013 Newsgroups: alt.privacy.clipper,sci.crypt Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!mdisea!mothost!lmpsbbs!comm.mot.com!dougb From: dougb@comm.mot.com (Doug Bank) Subject: Re: Clipper Not Good Enough for Government? Reply-To: dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com Organization: Motorola Land Mobile Products Sector Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 14:09:46 GMT Message-ID: <1993Apr26.140946.29202@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> References: Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (Net News) Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.1.146.35 Lines: 26 In article , rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold) writes: |> There's been some discussion very recently as to whether the |> government once again might exempt themselves from something they use |> to screw us over... Well, from comp.dcom.telecom: |> |> From: lesreeves@attmail.com |> Subject: Odds 'n Ends in the News |> |> * The Clipper Chip device introduced yesterday by AT&T may not be |> suitable for government use, says House Telecom Subcommittee Chairman |> Markey. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Brown, Markey asked whether |> the use of the technology could lead to "inadvertently increased costs |> to those U.S. companies hoping to serve both" the government and |> private markets. Markey has ordered Brown to answer several questions |> about security and cost concerns by April 28. (Communications Daily, |> 4/20/93) This is stupid. Won't it cost more to those companies hoping to serve the gov't and private markets if they DON'T use the same technology? -- Doug Bank Private Systems Division dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com Motorola Communications Sector dougb@nwu.edu Schaumburg, Illinois dougb@casbah.acns.nwu.edu 708-576-8207