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1996-08-28 - Re: Real or Not ?

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From: “Z.B.” <zachb@netcom.com>
To: anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com
Message Hash: f2c0acdb775293354aeb995e362854001d1e92710f3f50db0ec51ec357724a6c
Message ID: <Pine.3.89.9608280946.A18534-0100000@netcom>
Reply To: <199608281157.EAA04520@jobe.shell.portal.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-08-28 20:09:49 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 04:09:49 +0800

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From: "Z.B." <zachb@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 04:09:49 +0800
To: anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com
Subject: Re: Real or Not ?
In-Reply-To: <199608281157.EAA04520@jobe.shell.portal.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9608280946.A18534-0100000@netcom>
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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:

> I snagged this off a news group this AM.. comments??
> 
[snip]
> 
>  Since version 2.1, PGP ("Pretty Good Privacy") has been rigged to 
> allow the NSA to easily break encoded messages. Early in 1992, the author, 
> Paul Zimmerman, was arrested by Government agents. He was told that he 

The author of PGP is PHILLIP Zimmermannm not Paul.

This file has been making the rounds for a few years now...it was first 
posted to one of the humor newsgroups, but pops up every now and then on 
one of the more serious places, like here.  It's bogus.

---

Zach Babayco

zachb@netcom.com  <----- finger for PGP public key
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4127

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