-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- There is a great article in the August (2.08) Wired on Satellite Pirates, we are mentioned as well as PGP... Exerpt from wired issue 2.08 August " Satellite Pirates" Lesson Number Four: Encryption protects little guys better then big guys. When a scrambled TV signal is sent to millions of decoder modules, that signal becomes easy pickings. When two individuals exchange a brief encrypted message, that message is relativly secure. Video pirates have started test running PGP (Pretty Good Privacy, the "peoples encryption software") to protect private messages that they exchange via their bulletin boards. This doesn't just put the pirates on equal terms with the programmers, it gives them an edge. Cypherpunks have promoted PGP as protection from a potential state, while the Clinton administration sees it as more of a threat to law and order. Evidently, both sides are correct, but there no point in arguing about it anymore. The genie is out of the bottle. This article is highly recommended! The two principles in the story operate out of the Bahamas, they distribute the "magic codes" through a nationwide series of BBS's. The "Chipped" decoders are set to dial there local BBS! reaching for my eyepatch and a bottle of rum! Brian Williams Extropian Cypherpatriot "Cryptocosmology: Sufficently advanced communication is indistinguishable from noise." --Steve Witham "Have you ever had your phones tapped by the government? YOU WILL and the company that'll bring it to you.... AT&T" --James Speth -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLi6A9tCcBnAsu2t1AQFdhAP6AwtUkFZJjZmDqotMs+GZuYWy5TspMOJ/ EBvitiLnSAiAfSIRK6JvBp8dUTmV1mIW6eDvBx/itGOTb/Ne3wChZYMB0bDaYTMb 1ajxbWX8w/ojthsnFZ++GmifB/EAJxHrHzgx6pQPRoPXieJSb15DYNat/OPmEArt s1dHe4uduHc= =E61m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----