[42806] in Cypherpunks
Re: FBI seeks huge wiretapping system
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Brickner)
Fri Nov 3 13:02:02 1995
To: hallam@w3.org
Cc: Jay Campbell <edge@got.net>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: (Your message of Thu, 02 Nov 1995 12:09:16 EST.)
<9511021709.AA03831@zorch.w3.org>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 11:43:15 -0600
From: Scott Brickner <sjb@universe.digex.net>
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.
No it isn't. If someone builds a "cone of silence", traditional audio
surveillance becomes impossible. Why should wiretaps be any
different? Strong crypto is the "cone of silence" for digital
transmission.
