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Re: FH radios

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Tue Dec 26 23:36:08 1995

From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: andr0id@midwest.net (Jason Rentz)
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 21:52:55 -0500 (EST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199512262025.OAA09759@cdale1.midwest.net> from "Jason Rentz" at Dec 26, 95 02:25:35 pm
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com

> I agree; but, if the information you are passing is truly that important
> just use a landline phone.  Eliminate the possable "leak".
> I'm not claiming that a landline phone is secure, but your cordless is
> connected to it, so no matter how good your security is on the phone its no
> longer secure once it leaves the base station and enters the landline.

Argh....
Phones are ANYTHING but secure. Hence the STUIII & PGPphone.

An encrypted rf link is far better than any POTS....

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