Clipper Comparisons for non-geeks
bill.stewart@pleasantonca.ncr.com +1-510-484-6204
wcs at anchor.ho.att.com
Sun Apr 17 21:17:39 PDT 1994
> Well, one way I've described the clipper to a non-computer literate
> person is to have them imagine a situation where the government
> required that you gave them a copy of your housekey, and, if you
> decided to get a safe-deposit-box, they would get a copy of that, too.
Yep. And your car keys. And your bicycle lock. And the bag you
deposit your store's money at the bank in. And of course,
once non-Clipper crypto becomes illegal, if they can't find the escrow
key for your car, they'll just confiscate it - after all, you were
parking it on a public street.
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