[41951] in Cypherpunks
Re: faxes are not secure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sat Oct 21 17:05:35 1995
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: an407769@anon.penet.fi
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 12:34:49 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9510210219.AA22436@anon.penet.fi> from "jerry the golden retriever" at Oct 21, 95 02:19:45 am
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
>
> BBC Discovers Faxes Are Not Secure (no shit, Sherlock)
> BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, 1995 OCT 19 (NB) -- The British Broadcasting
> Corporation (BBC) found out late last week that faxes are not a secure
> transmission system.
Risks had a case where (If I recall correctly) Intel was one party or
the other. Seems there were two John Henry Smith's or such at the hotel
and the fax went to the worng one...
I suspected the "wrong" one was a plant by the competing firm.
That and $100.00 to a bellboy would ensure the result.
The question is, how can the 'Punks use this to promote encrypted email
instead of faxes?
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