-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 :) Who's to say that the NSA doesn't own PGP now that it's been sold more then twice in the last six years.
On Dec 14, 2004, at 17:32, Jesse Stanford wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Dec 14, 2004, at 2:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> On Dec 15, 2004, at 12:44 AM, James Fraser wrote: >> >>> on 12-13-04 11:38 PM, Eric J. Leopold at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> Try PGP at >>>> <http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgp/versions/freeware/mac/7.0.3/> >>>> Pretty Good Protection is easy to use too and the feds hate it:-) >>>> Eric >>> >>> Did anyone keep up with the PGP controversy? By that I mean: when >>> it first >>> came out, the feds made a Very Big Deal over the fact that Joe >>> Sixpack now >>> had a fairly powerful, easy-to-use encryption tool available. They >>> made the >>> usual argument about how the Bad Guys will use this to conquer the >>> world and >>> now we can't stop them, etc. >>> >>> Then suddenly they stopped. >> >> They stopped because a judge threw out the federal weapons charges >> against the creator of PGP, the whole 'Clipper' government-mandated >> encryption thing blew up in their faces, and they realized that the >> genie was well out of the bottle, and that further suppression was >> only going to harm the US economy and security. >> >> Now, though, they've pretty well convinced the Public that Only >> Terrorists and Drug Dealers use encryption; the relative handful of >> privacy cranks who do merely stick out as weird and possibly >> dangerous. >> >> It's too bad. Eventually the frog will end up boiled dinner without >> ever knowing what killed it. >> >> I'd be surprised, though, if the NSA had found a way to easily break >> PGP; it still requires a simple method of factoring very large >> numbers. A LOT of very bright people are working on that one, and >> while the NSA hires some of the very brightest, they've not got a >> lock on them. > On a related note, if you want to help break encryption, download the > distributed.net client. > www.distributed.net > Jesse > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) > > iD8DBQFBv2n29RqhkEghJCYRAlvuAJ98c8+/YWMpcUcbAeREhQXoUrf+mACePc44 > fNzjarsCq4FOgcjEbVfMD8A= > =nS0s > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBQcD4azc7shNlOTiFEQI+uQCfW34zO9qrVjTVKSHgwCKayLCbtBsAoNMk SVqhfogVLZwSL35MYvk4Pvao =6XsX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
