CIA 4 Nags: Hackers Crypto Y2K Foreigners

[mgraffam at mhv.net]

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)
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