[45811] in Cypherpunks
Re: taking electronic privacy into our own hands
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.co)
Fri Dec 22 15:56:52 1995
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 12:26:58 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com
On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Eric Anderson wrote:
> Would it be possible to write a program ( i.e. a worm or
> Trojan) to ferret out personal information that is stored in databases
> and encrypt it?
>
> I was just wondering what such an undertaking would entail.
Actually, there is no need to write any such code.
AT&T distributes just such a beast to any and all comers. It can take
personal information and send it out over a secure socket layer.
I think a couple of partners in crime, Cheswick and Bellovin of AT&T
research had a hand in its continuing distribution.
> Eric
Alice de 'nonymous ... <an455120@anon.penet.fi>
...just another one of those...
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