You're going to be a day late and a dollar short. Industry leaders said after the committee meeting that the idea of such an advisory panel showed how out of touch the government can be with the business world. Last month, Scheibel, noted, Sun Microsystems announced a deal for overseas marketing of encryption software made by a Russian firm because of administration export controls. The confusion among legislators over high-tech issues such as encryption became clear when some senators started referring to the issue of online pornography in conjunction with encryption policy. McCain, who is chairman of the Commerce Committee, agreed.
People use it for good things and bad things - and it's the same with encryption.