1996-08-24 - Re: FW: Cryptography Revisited

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From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 12:04:03 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: FW: Cryptography Revisited
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At 8:21 PM 8/23/96, Paul Robichaux wrote:
>Anybody want to give this guy The Business? Earlier attempts didn't seem
>to sink in.

>>From: btcarey@primenet.com (Brent A. Carey)
>>Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer.help
>>Subject: Cryptography Revisited
>>Date: 23 Aug 1996 01:15:01 -0700
....
>>I am now porting the application to the Mac with the intent to sell it to
>>a private contractor that is developing RISC-based computers for
>>specialized use in the government.  I have been assured that a PPC native

I think it better that we not discourage him. If he can sell his "Snake Oil
Cypher System" to the government, this will be a Good Thing. It will slow
them down, lull them into false security, and distract them as they are
cleaning up the mess.

--Tim May

We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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