Delurking beginner... 1) Is it possible to base a privacy key ( e.g. PGP ) on a fractal equation, instead of an algorithm based on two primes? This would allow for an eternal level of complexity due to infinite field of depth one can find as one 'zooms in' closer ( correct me because I'm wrong; I'm not a math major, although increasingly I wish I was... ), allowing for near unbreakable privacy of information. 2) It is dead certain that our governments will want at their disposal a decrypt program to crack into data containing information possibly related to crimes ( or what not ). Perhaps access to this program can somehow be leased out like a search warrant by a judge, which at least means a check and balance, and any unauthorized use of the program ( perhaps when it cracks into encryptext [ what I call ciphertext, as opposed to uncryptext, or plaintext ;) ] it leaves a very characteristic signature, or cracking into the database that contains the program is near impossible; maybe it's not physically connected to the Internet until the warrant is granted ) results in punishment, of course. Back to lurking... Sincerely. Quentin Holte. ( aka Charles Choi. ) You are all the Buddha. - Last words of Buddha. If you see the Buddha, kill him. - Zen proverb.