[8279] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Perry's Paint Fable comes to mind...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Thu Dec 14 14:38:59 2000
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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 03:50:55 -0800
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From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
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At 11:35 PM -0600 on 12/13/00, by way of believer@telepath.com wrote:
> FOR ALL TO SEE
> It's a spray which renders sealed envelopes transparent, making the
> letters inside as easy to read as postcards. "It leaves an odour for 10
> to 15 minutes," says the spray's inventor, but, apart from that, "no
> evidence at all" that it's been used. While the manufacturer describes
> "See-Through" as a "non-conductive, non-toxic, environmentally safe
> liquid", human rights activists believe "it's an ethically questionable
> product" which could tempt security forces to bend laws.
> http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns226930
[Lighter fluid and similar stuff works just fine. That's been known
for over a hundred years... --Perry]
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