From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 10:31:14 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: please stop the Mitnick stuff
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Perry's askance leads me to propose stealing Littman's
book. It's as techno-thrilling as cypherpunks in describing
the melodrama of unexpected human/technology malfunctions.
True, only a bit of bare crypto in it, with Kevin advising
Littman to use PGP so his Well mail could not be read -- as
Kevin's e-mail to Littman was by Shimomura and Markoff.
Littman says that was how Markoff learned of Kevin's and
Littman's exchanges and why Markoff started hustling
Littman for leads on Kevin to feed the trackers.
Also, crypto-related: The fact that Shimomura's supposedly
secret files were not protected by encryption or other
security is what causes Littman and others to think there
was a sting (perhaps with TLA help) rather than foolish
vanity of the security wizard.
Best, the book provides Clancy-like fun in deciphering the
question of why humans abuse technology to mask their
own frailty.
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