Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.flame,net.politics Subject: Re: Big Brother IS wtaching you - cross border phone traffic Message-ID: <1781@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 16:06:07 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.1781 Posted: Tue Dec 11 16:06:07 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 02:19:44 EST References: <237@celerity.UUCP> <221@looking.UUCP>, <1832@sdcc6.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.followup:4217 net.flame:7199 net.politics:6278 > > I wonder what would happen if we stuck encryption on the trans-atlantic > > link? Would there be some curious counter-intelligence forces (their > > only descriptive name) poking around within minutes? > Only to see if the algorithm is neat. You forget NSA does the codes for > *everything* that the government wants to encrypt. To make things even more interesting, we could intersperse total garbage with real text. Then again, considering*, maybe we already do! :-) -------- *especially considering this message -- (This line accidently left nonblank.) In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland