Inaccurate study quoting, Re: anti-crypto rhetoric (Ellison,

[Paul Leyland]

Brian Gladman wrote:

> Criminal-to-criminal communications will not be accessible through key
> escrow since criminals that are clever enough to encrypt their messages
are
> certainly not going to use escrowed systems.

Not necessarily true.  If strong cryptography is ubiquitous, even the
dimmest of criminals will use it in their communications, not knowing any
better.  If no-one ever truly lost a buck underestimating the intelligence
of the public, a key-escrowed communications system is going to pull in a
*lot* of differently-clued criminals.  If a key-escrowed system is not in
place, even the dumbest criminals will be protected from wiretaps.  Traffic
analysis is a different matter entirely...

Paul (Devil's Advocate) Leyland