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From: cmsph02@nt.com  (Steven Holton)
Subject: Re: Do we need the clipper for cheap security?
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 13:47:57 GMT
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In article <1r1f62$rh5@news.intercon.com>, amanda@intercon.com (Amanda
Walker) wrote:
> One thing that Clipper offers is interoperability, at a higher degree of 
> security than we currently have in non-proprietary voice encryption systems.
> This means it will be cheaper than anyone's proprietary scheme, and easier to 
                        ^^^^^^^
Probably cheaper than you think.  I'll bet some of my (and yours)
tax dollars become a subsidy for these chips.  If these chips don't
sell well, what's to stop the US government from 'giving' them
away (in the interest of National Security)?

> deploy.  This is, of course, either a bug or a feature depending on how you 
> look at it :).
> 
> Amanda Walker
> InterCon Systems Corporation

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Steven P. Holton
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Northern Telecom, Inc.
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