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Re: secure phone (was Re: Starium...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bram Cohen)
Mon Jun 11 14:27:53 2001
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:58:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bram Cohen <bram@gawth.com>
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
Cc: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>,
Crypto List <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
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On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Andrew Brown wrote:
> >I can't emphasize enough that it's very important that the form factor be
> >a double-female phone jack and work when plugged in with *either*
> >orientation - is this an easy thing to detect?
>
> i'm not sure i get this. it seems to me that a small "doodad" with a
> female jack and a three inch cord with a male connector on it would be
> better.
The problem with male connecters is that they get damaged easily, not a
big deal with a $15 phone, but worth worrying about for something which
costs over $100.
-Bram Cohen
"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"
-- John Maynard Keynes
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