Dep. AG Gorelick on CSPAN2 advocating escrow

Saw Jamie(?) Gorelick, Dep. Attny Gen. on CSPAN2 talking about needs 
for key escrow. Emphasized the what if people lose their keys, or 
someone dies, or if an employee steals company secrets & encrypts 
them... rather than the usual what if terrorists use crypto line 
(though she did mention that too).

Guess they're taking a new tack to sell it to the public.  A lot of 
bunkum... (project left to the reader how these can be handled in a 
non-GAK manner).

Rob.
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But, as in the case of any PHYSICAL (ie: security box at the bank, blah 
blah blah) items, at least in escrow, if you DON'T have the key, then you 
don't get the loot.

If we fight for the same rights, at a minimum, in both the physical AND 
the electronic forums (and we should have more of both! :)), then this 
case should be no different than any other case.

"Property goes unclaimed".  That's why lawyers invented wills (or WHOEVER 
did... <G>)

--Millie.