[574] in Cypherpunks
Re: Say again?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Tue May 25 17:23:06 1993
To: fergp@sytex.com (Paul Ferguson)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, amb@cs.columbia.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 May 1993 16:30:06 EDT."
Date: Tue, 25 May 1993 17:11:22 -0400
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@GZA.COM>
>> Is this hearsay, innuendo or fact? If fact, what can you site as
>> reference to support your statement? If you know this to be fact,
>> please cite your references and provide as much detail as possible.
Rick Adams of UUNET confirmed on the com-priv list that his
organization had been selling the FBI a usenet feed on tape. I could
find the exact reference if you want. I don't know for sure that the
NSA has a feed, or from whom, but it wouldn't surprise me.
However, the obvious next point is, so what? It's a public system.
Any idiot can pay $20/month and get a public access account. If you
say something in a news post which you wouldn't want the FBI or NSA or
whoever to see, you're the person who has done something stupid.
Tapping a news feed isn't like tapping a phone line. It's more like
turning on the television.
Marc
