_________________________________________________________________ FROM THE VIRTUAL DESK OF SANDY SANDFORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Isn't it possible that the Feds have already compromised Intel or MicroSoft? Is there some way to be sure that the new 486 chip running your computer isn't recording each PGP or RSA private key you generate?

S a n d y ssandfort@attmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You may be right. For example, I know for a fact that all 386/486 chips trap files with the string "Liz" in them--this is so that the NSA can capture and read love letters from me to my girlfriend. I have been getting around this by changing my pet names for her constantly, and placing the string "Liz" at random points in massive junk files to waste the spooks' disk space. Inconvenient, but it works. Ciao. --Dave.