Voice crypto: the last crypto taboo

[jamesd at echeque.com]

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> > > > ObSpoliationClaim: "Those who buy such machines are 
> > > > obviously trying to hide evidence. Mr. Happy Fun Court is 
> > > > "not amused.""

> > > That is very true.  Someone trying to defeat a charge of 
> > > being a boss in a drug gang would certainly not be helped 
> > > if they found Starium units in his house and in houses of 
> > > people who were distributing drugs.  This would look bad 
> > > for Starium, too.

> > Irony is wasted on some people.

On 7 Aug 2001, at 8:19, Dr. Evil wrote:
> I know you were being ironic, but PR is an important 
> consideration, far more important than is generally understood 
> on this list.

The argument "Using X shows you have something to hide" is 
unlikely to impress in a world where most respectable middle 
class people have committed  multiple felonies theoretically 
worth seven years each.

Similarly, there is much truth in Black Unicorn's argument that 
the systematic destruction of potentially inconvenient records is 
illegal. However since many other things that large companies 
with deep pockets is doing are even more illegal, nothing is 
going to stop them from systematically purging records.  The
court will no doubt be unamused by Micorosoft's new email policy,
but it was even less amused by the emails that turned up last
time. 

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