17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Clay Olbon II wrote:
I just caught the news reports of Newt Gingrich's cell phone calls being taped by "a little old retired couple" with a scanner. These were then given to a congressman, who gave them to a newspaper.
The take on this that we won't hear is: "This is outrageous! Why don't cell-phones offer encryption to ensure our privacy?"
Cell-phone encryption is 'essential' for 'important' people. However, it is 'dangerous' in the hands of the 'citizens' (translate that to mean 'schmucks'). The government doesn't object to crack-dealers having cryptography capabilities, they just want to make sure that those crack-dealers work for the CIA (freelancers need not apply). Toto