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...quarter century of Supreme Court decisions on search and seizure procedures. In short, in order for the FBI, for instance, to use any information they might acquire, they would have to supply probable cause, go to a judge, and get a warrant--all in advance of using the Clipper chip. Though I would admit that there are exceptions to this procedure, and that, especially with the current bent of our Court, no one's rights are entirely secure, I think it was a severe error of Mr. Liu not to realize that such protections exist...
Many e-mail junkies may have heard of the "Clipper chip." The National Security Agency has created Clipper as an encryption device intended to scramble data, such as e- mail, medical files or financial figures...
...public outcry can be already heard resonating throughout the nation. An Internet petition voicing opposition to the Clipper chip has already gathered 45,000 signatures. And a normally divisive coalition of the computer industry giants have voiced opposition to the Clinton administration's new plan. Apple, I.B.M., Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Digital Equipment and Unisys are all supporting an encryption standard proposed by RSA Data Security that does not have a "trapdoor" for the government to monitor messages and files...
...finally the Clipper chip has garnered the attention of the full public with coverage in such mainstream media as the New York Times or Time magazine. No longer is the information superhighway an object to be buried in the science section, or relegated to articles in trade magazines like Macweek or PC World...
Issues such as the Clipper chip show that with all its attributes, the information highway still possesses many drawbacks. Who is willing to give up their privacy for new gadgets? The government has an obligation to retreat on its Clipper stance, while slowing down on its infoway hype blitz...