CIA 4 Nags: Hackers Crypto Y2K Foreigners
mgraffam at mhv.net
mgraffam at mhv.net
Thu Jun 25 12:14:55 PDT 1998
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Ernest Hua wrote:
> I just don't understand how, in 1998, anyone could let Tenet get away
> with a claim about key recovery like this. Didn't anyone ask him how he
> expected high-tech hackers (especially those possibly aided by foreign
> intelligence agencies) to use key recovery?
Easy. Make not using key recovery a crime with stiffer penalties than
any hack. If you can't get 'em on the hack, you get em on a crypto-related
charge. Scary stuff.
Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam at mhv.net)
http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam -- Philosophy, Religion, Computers, Crypto, etc
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guidance of another. . .Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own
understanding!" - Immanuel Kant "What is Enlightenment?"
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