[117023] in Cypherpunks
Re: [ZKS Press Release] Home Invasion Bill Drives U.S. Computer Users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Goldberg)
Wed Aug 25 11:55:43 1999
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: 25 Aug 1999 15:38:03 GMT
Message-ID: <7q12kr$gmi$1@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
In article <199908250104.DAA00837@mail.replay.com>,
Anonymous <nobody@replay.com> wrote:
>> Montreal--Aug. 23, 1999-- A US Justice Department proposal
>> to secretly enter its citizens' homes and disable security
>> features on their computers has driven tens of thousands
>> of Americans to request privacy protection from Canadian
>> privacy firm Zero-Knowledge Systems, the company announced
>> today.
>
>It's understandable that ZKS wants to get some publicity (although it is
>a bit premature when their product is still in beta).
Yeah, yeah; wait for it... :-)
>But ZKS technology will be of no help in response to home invasion
>wiretaps.
I wouldn't say that; if the Feds wanted to find out what nyms a suspected
persons was using, then indeed, we don't protect you against black-bag
jobs.
But (the more common case, I would assume), if the Feds want to get dirt
on <rogue@freedom.net>, whose house are they going to black bag?
- Ian
