[14747] in Cypherpunks
Re: NYT article
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremiah A Blatz)
Sat Jun 4 22:00:31 1994
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 1994 21:55:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jeremiah A Blatz <darklord+@CMU.EDU>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Cc:
In-Reply-To: <199406030108.AA27353@xtropia>
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 2-Jun-94 NYT article by Ezekial
Palmer@anon.pene
> ``Anyone interested in circumventing law-enforcement access would most
> likely choose simpler alternatives,'' Michael A. Smith, the agency's
> director of policy, said in a written statement in response to a
> reporter's questions. ``More difficult and time-consuming efforts, like
> those discussed in the Blaze paper are very unlikely to be employed.''
Right, until the clipperphone conversion units come out. It's too hard
for the average drug dealer/terrorist to do, just like making a
cellphone that generates a random ID number every time you pick it up.
:-7
The street finds its own use for things
Jer
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