[108102] in Cypherpunks
CDR: Re: Nasty rumor?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ernest Hua)
Thu Feb 4 17:02:21 1999
From: "Ernest Hua" <hua@teralogic-inc.com>
To: <cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com>
Cc: <scoops@quiknet.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:40:32 -0800
Reply-To: "Ernest Hua" <hua@teralogic-inc.com>
Well, s**t! Stop pushing the encryption
restrictions then!
Let me use whatever I want!
Let me write whatever I want!
Let me PUBLISH whatever I want!
Most of us don't give a s**t how studly
the NSA can break codes; we only care
that we are not PREVENTED from doing
something just because the NSA can't
break it, 'cuz that's just darn stupid.
It's like advertising to the terrorists
and rogue gov'mints: Here is how to
screw us up ...
In my humble opinion, your rumor is most
likely hot air, even if it originated
from someone who actually believed it in
the first place.
Ern
-----Original Message-----
From: scoops <scoops@quiknet.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com <cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com>
Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 12:35 PM
Subject: CDR: Nasty rumor?
>I just received a call from a paranoid associate who reported that he had
>just gotten off the phone with a spook at NSA. He reported that NSA has
>pretty much got encryption licked and that it can access any key. I
>assured him it was impossible. Nevertheless, is there a any truth at all
>to the claim or is it just wishful thinking on NSA's part or distorted
>hearsay? Looking at the math involved, I don't see how it's possible
>unless it involves key capturing techniques all of us are aware of.
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