On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Carl Ellison wrote: ...
Meanwhile, the Federal civil forfeiture fund goes to good things. The last $9M (I believe it was) went to buying up AT&T DES phones to be made into Clipper phones. Of course, the conversion hasn't happened yet and the DES phones are sitting in a warehouse someplace -- but the $9M fund went to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Nope. There is one right here in my office. And it makes me feel so safe and secure.
Seriously, I have used it in secure mode once -- to test it. I'd be more likely to use my STU-III if I really want to be secure.
really good use, saving the world from AT&T DES.
(sarcasm off)
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