From: Nelson Minar <nelson@media.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:48:24 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Newt's phone calls
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>> The take on this that we won't hear is: "This is outrageous!  Why don't
>> cell-phones offer encryption to ensure our privacy?"

A full page ad from the January 14, 1997 New York Times:

  Dear Mr. Speaker:
    If you'd rather not have
  your phone conversation
  overheard and printed word
  for word in the newspaper,
  next time use an Omnipoint
  wireless phone instead of a
  cellular phone.

The ad then explains that cell phone eavesdropping happnes all the
time, and offers Omnipoint, "a new 100% digital wireless phone system
that operates on a technology far superior to cellular. It encrypts
your voice so no one can listen in on your conversations. Or capture
any personal data transmissions."

It's a pretty funny ad.