[13366] in Cypherpunks
Re: Security Consult. Needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lile Elam)
Sat May 7 17:18:50 1994
Date: Sat, 7 May 1994 14:14:08 -0700
From: lile@netcom.com (Lile Elam)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, pgf@srl06.cacs.usl.edu
>From: pgf@srl06.cacs.usl.edu (Phil G. Fraering)
> Oh yes, I almost forgot. Once Clipper is the law of the land, Congressmen
> will no doubt want to keep their private files safe from the snooping eyes
> of their political enemies. So they will need crypto-consultants to find
> "creative ways" to work around the very regulations they stood by and
> permitted to go into effect. I can hear them rationalizing now, "that is
> an Executive Branch rule that the Legislative Branch is not bound by."
>
> Who will be laughing then?
>
>I wonder that noone got Bob Packwood to do commercials for RSA Corporation...
>
>Phil
I heard a talk this past week and it was about communications / clipper /
cryptography. Their was a discussion of how communication happens in government.
Basically, every phone in the government buildings is subject to being
listened in on. Everyone there knows this and knows beforehand that
their calls are most likly being taped. There is no privacy in calls
from these buildings and since one party knows this (ie the gov. individual)
it is leagal to tape and and listen in. Of course the other person
is not necisarily aware of this but that's his/her- problem (according to law).
Now when governement individuals start carrying cell phones, I suspect
that the sames rules will apply. (?)
I also heard (I may be wrong) that there is a law that says people should
expect that their cell phones will be overheard but that any information
obtained from such a converstation can not be used in court.
So, when encrypted phones are in use wide spread, I wonder what will happen....
hum...
thoughts?
-lile
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