[Cryptography] Conferences, committees, compliance

[Arnold Reinhold]

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On Jan 19, 2014, at 9:54 PM, "James A. Donald" <jamesd at echeque.com> wrote:

> On 2014-01-20 08:47, Arnold Reinhold wrote:
> > If new cryptography is going to have any chance roll back the mass
> > surveillance state, it will have to make its way into commercial
> > use.
> 
> IETF committees are owned by the surveillance state.  Have to be
> bypassed.
> 
> Your argument amounts to saying that only NSA approved software is
> going to get broad acceptance.  I think more likely the other way
> around.
> 

You may be right, but perhaps others see things differently. Shouldn't they be encouraged to try? Restoring a proper privacy balance between the state and the people won't be easy and it is too soon to  surrender on the committee front. 

Arnold Reinhold