EUROPE REJECTS CLINTON'S ENCRYPTION PLANS
The European Commission has rejected the "key recovery" and "key escrow"
data security approaches favored by the Clinton Administration but opposed
by the computer industry and many privacy groups. Under the "key" system,
the users of encryption software would be required to deposit a decoding
"key" with an independent organization, which would have to make it
available to law enforcement agencies that obtained a court-ordered wire
tap. The European Commission says that the key escrow and recovery
techniques would not only threaten privacy and impede commerce, but would be
ineffective as well. (New York Times 9 Oct 97)
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