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Revocable Anonymity is Anonymity like Clipper Chip Protection - that is to say, it is not. [was: Another Tor is Possible, Kane/Ksec]
- To: [email protected], cpunks <[email protected]>
- Subject: Revocable Anonymity is Anonymity like Clipper Chip Protection - that is to say, it is not. [was: Another Tor is Possible, Kane/Ksec]
- From: [email protected] (coderman)
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:20:49 -0700
On 10/7/14, Nick Mathewson <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> What's saddest: You didn't explain why you think it's broken.
"Revocable Anonymity" is a farce and distraction; Skipjack Clipper
Clip[0] equivalent in every sense to the non-starter of "key escrow"
and "government / lawful access mandated backdoors".
all backdoors, no matter how well intentioned, lead straight to hell.[1]
best regards,
0. "The Clipper chip was a chipset that was developed and promoted by
the United States National Security Agency as an encryption device,
with a built-in backdoor, intended to be adopted by telecommunications
companies for voice transmission."
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
1. "The Athens Affair - How some extremely smart hackers pulled off
the most audacious cell-network break-in ever"
- http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/the-athens-affair