1993-08-27 - Re: Key Escrow Anecdote…

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From: J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
To: wayner@cs.cornell.edu (Peter Wayner)
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UTC Datetime: 1993-08-27 21:52:59 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 14:52:59 PDT

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From: J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 14:52:59 PDT
To: wayner@cs.cornell.edu (Peter Wayner)
Subject: Re: Key Escrow Anecdote...
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According to Peter Wayner:
> I was speaking with an international crypto consultant
> who told me this story about a business with an office
> in a South American country. They decided to start encrypting
> their link. Within a week, a team of soldiers burst through
> the door and smashed the encryption hardware to bits. On
> the way out, they asked, "What are you trying to hide from us?"

...Which brings up the questoin of "who's soldiers were they?"





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