At 02:52 PM 10/24/03 -0700, Tim May wrote: >The U.S. had plans >for the contracts to deploy cellphones to go to American companies, but
>the local puppets must have had no fear of the Americans, as they went >with a better bribe: mostly Arabic cellphone providers will deploy the >initial system. Yes, but who makes their equiptment? How do you say backdoor in Arabic? >So, what would happen if even 5% of the cellphones were encrypted with >a sufficiently-strong system (Eric's 3DES would presumably be enough)? Those 5% get a special visit from the Colonial Eye for the Arabic Guy, (a Fox production) where they get to wear a nifty black hood complemented by a spiffy nylon bracelet for both hands. And then they get some special counseling from the friendly boys from interrogation. Its amazing how far a cell phone will go up a rectum when you really want an answer... What they need is good stego.