CDR: Re: FidoNet II

[Tim May]

At 12:28 PM -0400 10/20/00, Harmon Seaver wrote:
>
>            All the wireless LAN/WAN stuff uses encryption, altho only 128bit
>AFAIK. However, do crypto-anarchists really care what the FCC says? When/if
>crypto email is outlawed on the net, will packet pirates give a rat's ass
>whether it's legal to broadcast spread spectrum encrypted data, usurping
>whatever band is optimal or they can afford the hardware for?

They care because part of the essence of crypto anarchy is to "fly 
under their radar," that is, to be undetectable to them. Broadcasting 
radio signals which they can use to order an arrest is not smart at 
all, especially when so many good alternatives exist.

(Yes, I know about Part 15 exemptions. And reserved bandwidth.)


--Tim May
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