Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Bob Kerrey (D-NE) have introduced legislation that would force U.S. encryption users to adopt vulnerable and costly "key recovery" systems. The bill provides only token relief from current export controls, and would create strong incentives to coerce American consumers and businesses to adopt untested and potentially insecure third-party access to sensitive encryption keys.
Ok, so I'm not completely on crack ... it was Kerrey, not Kerry. CDT | Analysis of S. 909: McCain-Kerry Bill |