Re: AT&T and VLSI Encryption device

At 07:21 1/31/95, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>"Pat Farrell" says:
>> Today's (1/31) Washington Post has a tiny blurb that AT&T and VLSI will
>> announce a hardware encryption device for use in lots of
>> communications devices, including cell phones, PDAs, etc.
>
>This is the device I posted a newswire article about a couple of weeks
>ago. No details, but it looks cute.

How does this device conform with the legislated requirement that it must
deliver plaintext to the government upon court-approved demand?

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Michael Sattler says:
> At 07:21 1/31/95, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> >"Pat Farrell" says:
> >> Today's (1/31) Washington Post has a tiny blurb that AT&T and VLSI will
> >> announce a hardware encryption device for use in lots of
> >> communications devices, including cell phones, PDAs, etc.
> >
> >This is the device I posted a newswire article about a couple of weeks
> >ago. No details, but it looks cute.
> 
> How does this device conform with the legislated requirement that it must
> deliver plaintext to the government upon court-approved demand?

There is no such requirement.

Perry