1995-12-06 - Re: The “Future” Fallacy

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From: blancw@accessone.com
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-12-06 16:15:37 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 6 Dec 95 08:15:37 PST

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From: blancw@accessone.com
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 95 08:15:37 PST
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Subject: Re: The "Future" Fallacy
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From: Duncan Frissell 

2)  And no government on earth will find easy to decipher is an
understatement.  As I'm sure you know, properly deployed modern cryptography
(or even the 100-year-old technology of one-time-pads) is mathematically
infeasible to break.  Though of course attacks other decryption remain 
possible.
..................................................

I see what you mean.  When I read his statement, I focused on the "will be able 
to transmit coded messages".

I was thinking about the efforts of the govmt to prevent it, and about how 
nevertheless even a 10-year old will be able to accomplish it in spite of the 
efforts against it (GAK).

  ..
Blanc






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