~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT Reply to: ssandfort@attmail.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Punksters, Here's a scary (but so far imaginary) news item: MILLIONAIRE HIPPIE HACKER ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING WAR MATERIEL (San Francisco) Silicon Valley entrepreneur and self-styled "cypherpunk," John Gilmore, was arrested today at San Francisco International Airport. A Secret Service spokesperson said Gilmore was attempting to smuggle restricted software to England where he was to have been a speaker at a hackers' conference. The spokesperson added that the Secret Service has reason to believe that Gilmore intended to meet with members of a radical Islamic terrorist group, but declined to elaborate on this charge. Apparently, airport security personnel received an anonymous tip that Gilmore had hidden the software in his laptop computer. The computer and several computer disks were seize as evidence. Think it couldn't happen? I'm not so sure. It would be child's play to plant PGP in someone's seized laptop or to put a PGP disk in their luggage. While they were at it, a little marijuana or crack cocaine could be put in there too. Think of the photo op as John is lead away in handcuffs. What a PR coup for the Feds. I think this is a real danger for outspoken Cypherpunks or other high-profile individuals such as Phil Zimmermann. Unfortunately, I don't have any bullet-proof solutions. Suggestions? S a n d y
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