At 02:57 AM 8/27/96 -0400, Black Unicorn wrote:
I would remind you that each and every sale you make of this product, when based on material misrepresentation, constitutes a fraud. If made by wire, as these sales seem they may, they represent wire fraud. That's one count of fraud and one count of wire fraud. If a check is sent to you via mail, that's a count of mail fraud to boot.
Wow, imagine what would happen if a bunch of "in-the-know" folks bought a product like this under the claims to strong crypto and then found out they were fooled! With charges like these a guy could get into real trouble. I sure hope Mr. Holt isn't personally accountable. He sounds like a real swell guy. It would be a shame for him to go to prison for what is obviously his misunderstanding of what is cryptographically strong and what is a pitiful excuse for a product. Of course I've never seen his product so I don't know which category it falls into, but it would be a shame. Disclaimer: I may or may not be serious. I have made no direct claims so whose to say what my intentions are in posting this ;\) Jim Sewell - Programmer Tantalus Inc. jims@tansoft.com Key West, FL 33040 Amateur Radio: KD4CKQ 801 Eisenhower Drive Compu$erve: 71061,1027 Multi-player computer games