Re: FW: No SKE in Daytona and other goodies

From: Timothy C. May

I don't proprose to "prevent" any company from exploring key escrow. I
just don't see why law enforcement, intelligence agencies, etc. have
anything to do with this, and I am very worried by the arguments I
hear about "legitimate needs of law enforcement" and "export laws."
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So what about this statement you made earlier:
>
>Putting Microsoft's feet to the fire, getting them to commit to *not*
>including any form of software-based key escrow in any future releases
>of Windows (Chicago or Daytona) could be a concrete step in the right
>direction. Ditto for Apple.
>
>I'm sure we can think of other steps to help derail widespread
>deployment of this infrastructure.


I have the same concerns, I just don't see how it would be possible to 
cause a company to "commit" itself to not doing this, i.e. preventing 
the company from including SKE in its products.

Blanc.

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> I have the same concerns, I just don't see how it would be possible to 
> cause a company to "commit" itself to not doing this, i.e. preventing 
> the company from including SKE in its products.

The same way companies have been made to commit not to kill dolphins,
or test products on animals, or give to Planned Parenthood: organized
public pressure, combined with threatened or actual negative
publicity.

Boycotts, letter-writing campaigns, and the like have worked wonders
for organizations ranging from the religious right to the ultraliberal
left. I see no reason to doubt that they could be brought to bear
here.

- -Paul

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Paul Robichaux, KD4JZG      | "Information is the currency of democracy."
perobich@ingr.com           |     - some old guy named Thomas Jefferson
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