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Re: NYT reporter looking for advice re: encryption products
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Fri May 12 11:14:50 2000
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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:59:28 -0400
To: Lisa Guernsey <guernsey@nytimes.com>, cryptography@c2.net
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@wired.com>
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Lisa:
I rather like what Hush is doing, even with the all-depends-on-passphrase
issue. I wrote about them a few months ago
(http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34610,00.html). At that time
Hush only encrypted email between Hush users. When I had dinner with the
founder in Anguilla, I suggested to him that Hush encrypt *outside* email
to Hush users so it would be more difficult for lawyers to go on
Yahoo-esque subpoena fishing expeditions
(http://www.epic.org/anonymity/epic_aclu_release.html). He said he hadn't
thought of it before and was going to do it.
-Declan
At 19:15 5/11/2000 -0400, Lisa Guernsey wrote:
>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:
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>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
