Satirewire: HACKERS BEG BORING PEOPLE TO STOP ENCRYPTING EMAI

[Bill Stewart]

http://www.satirewire.com/news/aug02/encryption.shtml

HACKERS BEG BORING PEOPLE TO STOP ENCRYPTING EMAIL
Security Experts Concur Most of You Have Nothing Worth Encrypting Anyway

San Jose, Calif. (SatireWire.com) 
In an unusual worldwide appeal, the International Brotherhood of
Computer Hackers today asked particularly boring people
to please stop encrypting their emails.
		Please think of others when you encrypt
			[pictures of messages]
    		Cracking messages like this are a waste
    		of valuable hacker time, say hackers.

According to IBCH President Bjvrn Haxor, hackers spend thousands of hours 
intercepting and cracking open encrypted emails  believing it to be "the 
good stuff"  only to find most contain little more than "Two priests walk 
into a bar," or "Hi Bob, here's my new email address."

"Maybe you think hacking coded messages is simple, but it's not  well, 
except for the Microsoft Outlook ones," said Haxor. "The rest of it is a 
pain in the backdoor. So here's a tip: if you encrypt just because you want 
to keep your personal information 'secret,' but all you're encrypting is 
blather about your stupid promotion or a recipe for fruit salad, guess 
what? Your secret's already out. You're dull."

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