[42724] in Cypherpunks
Re: FBI seeks huge wiretapping system
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike McNally)
Thu Nov 2 14:35:26 1995
From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 13:24:27 -0600
To: hallam@w3.org
Cc: Jay Campbell <edge@got.net>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9511021709.AA03831@zorch.w3.org>
hallam@w3.org writes:
> It is a fair point that just because technology has changed the
> nature of the game it should not mean that wiretaps cease to be
> possible.
I disagree that this is a "fair point". That wiretaps are possible is
an accident of design. Just because that slice of the salami appears
gone, I see no reason to concede that it can't be re-attached.
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