With the Clipper chip, the government holds the key to decoding information in a computer or communications device, although it can gain access only if it obtains a warrant.
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In the factory, any new telephone or other device with a Clipper chip would be given a cryptographic key, that would then be provided to the government in escrow.
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The online world, of course, is all too aware of this, from Clinton's anti-cyber rights troika : the CDA, the Clipper chip, and the Digital Telephony ( wiretapping ) Act.
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The ability of a proposal such as the Clipper Chip to meet the stated goals, especially that of enabling better encryption to individuals, was disputed by a number of experts.
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Microsoft has been one of a wide range of U . S . high technology companies that have been fighting the administration over the Clipper chip and export control policies.
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In 1993, the National Security Agency ( NSA ) introduced the Clipper chip, an encryption device with an acknowledged backdoor for government access, that NSA proposed be used for phone encryption.
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After unpopular digital initiatives like the clipper chip and the Computer Decency Act, Bill Clinton finally offered good news for the Internet crowd _ sort of an October surprise for wireheads.
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The Clinton administration proposed a technology popularly known as the Clipper Chip that would provide back-door access for law enforcement, and also restricted the export of strong encryption products by American firms.
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The government sanctioned its Clipper chip in Feb . 1994, which it hoped would become the standard for encoding data transmitted through devices such as cellular phones, television set-top boxes, and computers.
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And federal law enforcement agencies are using the bombing to reinforce their argument for use of a computer " clipper chip " that would make it more difficult for citizens to encode electronic communications.
