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NYT reporter looking for advice re: encryption products
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lisa Guernsey)
Fri May 12 01:26:29 2000
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Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:15:02 -0400
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From: Lisa Guernsey <guernsey@nytimes.com>
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Hello,
I'm working on a story that mentions several encryption systems, and I've
heard that many companies often claim they have good products when in fact
they have the equivalent of snake oil. John Gilmore suggested that I check
in with the folks on this mailing list. I'd be interested to hear if any of
these companies/products have problems that I, and Circuits readers, should
be aware of. Here are the ones that I have looked at for this story:
Freedom/Zero Knowledge Systems
PGP
Anonymizer.com
Hushmail/HushCom
ZipLip.com
PrivacyX (I'm aware of the security problem publicized in November with the
Web browser system)
Thanks in advance for your time.
Best regards,
Lisa Guernsey
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Lisa Guernsey
Reporter, Circuits
The New York Times
229 W. 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
212-556-5905
guernsey@nytimes.com
