The U.S. Government's plan to deliver encryption hard
ware with a trapdoor for police eavesdropping
June 1994
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Peter Wayner
The U.S. Government's plan to deliver encryption hardware with a trapdoor for police eavesdropping (see "Encryption Chip Draws Fire," July 1993 BYTE)
The plan continues to meet broad and stiff resistance from public-interest groups and industry coalitions. The Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (Palo Alto, CA) sponsored a petition that people could sign by sending in E-mail and received 48,000 signatures at the time this was written. Opponents say the Escrowed Encryption Standard suffers from being expensive, intrusive, and of uncertain value. The FBI and National Secur
ity Agency back the plan because they believe court-approved eavesdropping is necessary for investigating certain crimes.To obtain the petition, send a blank message via E-mail to petition-info@cpsr.org.
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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The U.S. Government's plan to deliver encryption hard
ware with a trapdoor for police eavesdropping
