1994-02-16 - Re: Clipper and Traffic Analysis

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From: norm@netcom.com (Norman Hardy)
To: Peter Wayner <mnemonic@eff.org
Message Hash: 804dd3ab975456172f050e4a5fec44d8809407d47551e0ef3118b9550e9fd348
Message ID: <199402160200.SAA14547@mail.netcom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-02-16 02:09:34 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 18:09:34 PST

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From: norm@netcom.com (Norman Hardy)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 18:09:34 PST
To: Peter Wayner <mnemonic@eff.org
Subject: Re:  Clipper and Traffic Analysis
Message-ID: <199402160200.SAA14547@mail.netcom.com>
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At 12:25 2/15/94 -0500, Peter Wayner wrote:
>I believe the LEAF field is useful, but not too useful.
>Here are my points:
>
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>*) On the other hand, the system really isn't anywhere near as
>useful as the phone number of the person calling. There will
>be no map between LEAF id numbers and people. Such a map would
>quickly get out of date as people traded phones etc...

If Public switches are made 'tap ready' then such a map may easily be made
and kept up to date without human erffort.

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