[49670] in Cypherpunks
DUR_fum
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Young)
Fri Feb 9 19:49:56 1996
From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 19:36:53 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
2-10-96. EcoMist:
"We know you're reading this." A survey of US privacy
issues, with GAK, crypto and anonymity options.
Americans think they have a right to privacy but they
have lost control over who knows what about them. The
chief culprits are lots of little brothers, all
gossiping with each other over computer networks. But
Big Brother is doing his bit: in the struggle against
crime, terrorism, deadbeat parents, illegal immigrants
and even traffic jams, the government keeps an
ever-closer eye on its citizens. Technology itself
may provide a partial answer. All-but-foolproof
encryption technology is freely available over the
Internet and will not go away no matter how much
Uncle Sam wishes it would.
"Virtual privacy." A related editorial which examines
privacy protection regulation.
"Magic armour."
The Shortstop system deploys coherent jamming to fool
a proximity fuse into thinking that its shell has
arrived at detonation height when it is actually at an
altitude of 100 metres or so. To do this, Shortstop
uses a special "durfum" chip.
DUR_fum (For the 3)
