~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Today while thumbing through POLICE CHIEF magazine, I saw some ads that have at least peripheral Cypherpunk interest. Two were for mobile communications software/hardware. One even had a Web page (though when I browsed it with lynx, there wasn't anything to see). Both give direct access to NCIC, NLETS, motor vehicle records, local police databases, etc. They both make a point of saying they offer encrypted links. In the words of one, "And unlike conventional radio communications, all transmissions are totally secure and unavailable to eavesdropping perpetrators AND INQUIRING REPORTERS." (My emphasis added.) Cerulean http://www.cerulean.com 508-460-4000 Premier MDT 800-966-7722 for brochure and free demo disk. ^^^^^^^^^ The other ad was for computerized polygraph equipment. It looks like a laptop with input units for respiration, galvanic skin response and blood pressure. It uses something called the "Johns Hopkins Polyscore Analysis Algorithm. US$5,700. Axciton Systems 800-460-2645 S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~