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1996-01-26 - Re: “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail”

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-26 06:51:56 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:51:56 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:51:56 +0800
To: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail"
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Rich Graves writes:
> Relying on gentlemanliness to protect privacy is a fallacy.

Of course. The reason we study cryptography is because we can't trust
that people will behave like "gentlemen". However, is not the goal
here to assure that communications can be untappable and privacy
assured to all that wish to have privacy?

Perry

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