Today on TV, I saw an advertisement. Image: Two ships exchanging searchlight-type signals. Voiceover: It's common sense, really. You should be able to communicate with anyone without worring about the security of your communications. Sprint PCS. Secure digital communications. It's nice to see that a large multinational corporation is publicly expousing cypherpunk attitudes. (The reality of their phones is not as encouraging, but...) -- Marshall Marshall Clow Aladdin Systems <mailto:mclow@mailhost2.csusm.edu> "In Washington DC, officials from the White House, federal agencies and Congress say regulations may be necessary to promote a free-market system." -- CommunicationsWeek International April 21, 1997
At 14:09 05/06/97 -0700, you wrote:
Today on TV, I saw an advertisement.
Image: Two ships exchanging searchlight-type signals.
Voiceover: It's common sense, really. You should be able to communicate with anyone without worring about the security of your communications.
Sprint PCS. Secure digital communications.
It's a nice thought, but the image is all wrong. Two ships communicating via Aldis lamps (presumably, I haven't seen the ad) using Morse at a guess, isn't what I would call very secure communication. Still, what do the ad-men know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Lucas - Test Engineer @ SCO Cambridge. E-mail: davidlu@sco.com Opinions expressed within this message are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer * I am not a lawyer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At 12:34 AM -0700 6/6/97, David Lucas wrote:
It's a nice thought, but the image is all wrong. Two ships communicating via Aldis lamps (presumably, I haven't seen the ad) using Morse at a guess, isn't what I would call very secure communication.
Well, the Japanese managed to keep secure communications when sneeking up on Pearl Harbor, and I assume they used something similar for ship-to-ship communications. Narrow beam, and everyone who can receive is in sight is nice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | The Internet was designed | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | to protect the free world | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | from hostile governments. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Bill Frantz wrote:
At 12:34 AM -0700 6/6/97, David Lucas wrote:
It's a nice thought, but the image is all wrong. Two ships communicating via Aldis lamps (presumably, I haven't seen the ad) using Morse at a guess, isn't what I would call very secure communication.
Well, the Japanese managed to keep secure communications when sneeking up on Pearl Harbor, and I assume they used something similar for ship-to-ship communications. Narrow beam, and everyone who can receive is in sight is nice.
Did they? This is a matter of some debate ... -r.w.
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