NYT - March 4, 2000
Clinton Calls for Stronger Measures to Protect the Privacy of Computer Users
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 3 --President Clinton said today that he considered
cyberspace too insecure for him to correspond privately by e-mail with his
daughter, Chelsea, who is away at college. In the same speech to high-tech
executives here in the heart of Silicon Valley, Mr. Clinton also called on
the industry to enhance computer privacy to reassure many people like
himself who are still wary of the new technology.
...
After his speech, Mr. Clinton said in a brief interview that he was one of
those people wary about sending information through cyberspace.
"I won't send e-mail to Chelsea because I don't think it's secure," he said.
The president added that once he left office next year he would probably
not be as concerned about his electronic communications.
Mr. Clinton admits he is a novice when it comes to the Internet. Just last
week, during a fund-raising visit to Florida, he marveled at something as
mundane as a screen saver. Before Christmas last year, Mr. Clinton ordered
some gifts over the Internet, an experience he still talks about in his
speeches.
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Shades of George and the supermarket scanner.
I guess no one told Bill that he had been bottling up strong crypto for 7
years.
DCF
