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1995-09-07 - Re: NSA says Joe Sixpack won’t buy crypto

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From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-07 16:15:36 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 09:15:36 PDT

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From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 09:15:36 PDT
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
Subject: Re: NSA says Joe Sixpack won't buy crypto
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On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Black Unicorn wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, Jeff Simmons wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Here's a prediction:  within one year, we will see the advent of Micro$oft's
> > "Not So Bad Privacy".  It'll be a secret algorithm with either GAK done by
> > Micro$oft itself, or a flat-out trap door.  ANY communications with a 
> > Windoze box or network will have to use it, or loose the market.
> 
> 
> It's here already.
> It's called "lotus notes."
> 
> 
> > About the
> > same time, Justice will suddenly 'loose interest' in its various 
> > investigations of M$.  Micro$oft will probably give it away for free as part
> > of the Windows 95.702 upgrade. 
> 
> Wait a few months.  Justice is boring of the investigation even now.

I hope this doesn't mean the Department is switching to Microsoft Word! :-)
(In fact, we're about to go to WP6.0 for Windows.  And the 6.0 is not a 
typo.)


 
> > -- 
> > Jeff Simmons                           jsimmons@goblin.punk.net

EBD

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