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To: David who wrote (15415)	11/1/1999 11:56:00 AM
From: Ron Ohio	Respond to of 26039

Verisign will be on Power Lunch between 12 and 2. Won't be home to see the interview. Ron

To: David who wrote (15415)	11/1/1999 12:14:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

Speaking intuitively, I think a user-based encryption approach is legally less troublesome -- for search warrant purposes -- than a document-based approach. The reason is that the 'back door' key being used in a user-based approach is probably user-specific, and not system-specific. The difference is between the government getting a search warrant to enter a dormitory and search through everyone's possessions and the government getting a warrant to enter a specific bedroom and search. In the latter case, that's what can happen already. The dormitory approach is the one the technology has been directing the government toward, but that represents an expansion of searches and a degradation of privacy protections. So a user-specific encryption approach should fit in well with Fourth Amendment concerns.