At 12:28 PM -0400 10/20/00, Harmon Seaver wrote:
All the wireless LAN/WAN stuff uses encryption, altho only 128bit AFAIK. However, do crypto-anarchists really care what the FCC says? When/if crypto email is outlawed on the net, will packet pirates give a rat's ass whether it's legal to broadcast spread spectrum encrypted data, usurping whatever band is optimal or they can afford the hardware for?
They care because part of the essence of crypto anarchy is to "fly under their radar," that is, to be undetectable to them. Broadcasting radio signals which they can use to order an arrest is not smart at all, especially when so many good alternatives exist. (Yes, I know about Part 15 exemptions. And reserved bandwidth.) --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.