Encryption is the envelope for the digital age.
Similar events, to be held throughout the U.S. and on the Net, are also being planned. This fundamental building block of free society has been affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the constitutions and laws of many countries, and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. Both the key and the envelope symbolize historic means for communicating privately and protecting personal and commercial information. Today, only encryption tools can provide this privacy in the electronic world. We understand that the Administration has developed a key escrow encryption proposal and is not at this time willing to ease export restrictions on encryption programs and products which are widely available from domestic and foreign companies and the Internet.