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Someone else posted in t.p.c that they'd sent in a letter and been told that NSA would not license this technology to individuals. That sort of echoes the argument that there are some munitions appropriate for government but not for individuals.
Spies generally like to help each other -- after all the CIA and KGB had much more in common with each other than with the common people of their respective nations. Probably the foremost use of NSA's technology would be by governments monitoring traffic and other data for incorrect thought patterns. I can see other uses, though -- if Cypherpunks had this thing, we wouldn't need Arsen Ray's Tentacle-sniffer -- NSALookUp (tm) Detweiler should do it ;-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab@dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA