At 10:20 AM 1/18/96 -0500, Perry wrote:
The noise levels around here are getting astounding.
Posts on windows registration wizards, gun control, unemployment,
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Kevin Mitnick's underwear, and all the rest are most certainly NOT doing us any good. ... , and YOU DUNDERHEADS ARE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY OUT IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS.
Well, I'm sure you're correct on most of those, but the post on Microsoft using ENCRYPTED databases of competitor programs as part of its plan to surreptitiously collect information from unsuspecting users when they allow their "wizard" to violate their PRIVACY seems to be quite germane to this lists's topics (which include encryption and privacy, as I recall). I found the reference it pointed to very interesting reading indeed. rj
"R. J. Harvey" writes:
At 10:20 AM 1/18/96 -0500, Perry wrote:
The noise levels around here are getting astounding.
Posts on windows registration wizards, gun control, unemployment,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Well, I'm sure you're correct on most of those, but the post on Microsoft using ENCRYPTED databases of competitor programs as part of its plan to surreptitiously
Actually, the database isn't encrypted -- its plaintext -- and the wizard isn't surreptitious and tells you everything its doing and lets you stop it if you like. In short, the topic has no cryptography or security relevance *AT ALL*. The posts on Microsoft's bad encryption for Windows passwords are perfectly relevant, and I hope people don't confuse these issues. Perry
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