U.S. and industry discuss data encryption
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Microsoft CEO William H. Gates and other top computing executives met with Attorney General Janet Reno and FBI director Louis J. Freeh in Washington to explore the years-long encryption stalemate between the industry and the Government. The two-hour meeting on Jun 9, 1998, illustrated the necessity for high-tech companies, privacy advocates and the Administration to settle their differences on data encryption technology. A White House official hoped the talks would ease export controls by fall 1998 but said the group had not yet agreed on relaxation specifics. The Clinton Administration has said the current US policy of prohibiting nearly all exports of strong encryption is weakening America's encryption technology dominance. Freeh has said law enforcement must have quick access to encrypted files if export controls are relaxed, but industry and privacy groups have opposed such third-party recovery systems.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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White House yields a bit on encryption
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The US Commerce Secretary announced that the Clinton Administration would amend a previous position in permitting the exportation of strong data-scrambling software that lacks a back-door access for use by law enforcement agencies. The debate over unrestricted encryption is a key issue in the growth of the Internet, which is a driving force in new electronic commerce. But the Administration is allowing such export only for banks and financial institutions in those 45 nations that have acceptable money-laundering laws. US software makers, fearful of losing business to international competition, has been pressuring the government to change its hard-line position on export controls on encryption software.
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Clinton Administration will allow export of encryption software that lacks backdoor access for law enforcement
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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In a reversal, White House will end data-encryption export curbs
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The Clinton administration has virtually eliminated the complicated set of rules governing the export of data encryption technology. This decision goes against the advice of national security agencies which want to be able to intercept computer communications. Advocates for the technology industry have hailed the move as critical to helping U.S. technology companies gain market share in overseas markets.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
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