Pablo and NSA
Jim Miller
jim at bilbo.suite.com
Sat Dec 4 16:09:33 PST 1993
> NSA provided Columbian officials with the tools
> necessary to decipher communication between the
> Columbian drug lord and his cohorts. Escobar had been
> communicating by computer using the American Pretty
> Good Privacy (PGP) software product which was
> compromised by NSA officials working at a remote
> listening station in the Columbian jungle.
>
Hopefully this is a joke. However, it does bring up a point. The NSA can
put fear into people's minds by simply *claiming* the ability to
compromise PGP. They don't have to really be able to. Just start a
rumor, sit back, and watch what happens.
Jim_Miller at suite.com
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