From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:35:59 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Newt's phone calls
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970116203557.0166ae18@panix.com>
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At 07:50 AM 1/17/97 +1000, Greg Taylor wrote:
>Most of the world has been using GSM digital technology for some years
>now, with automatic international roaming, unless you travel to the USA.
>No one in their right mind uses an analogue mobile phone any more if they 
>are concerned about eavesdropping.  The Newt incident simply could not 
>happen with GSM.

Of course GSM encryption was weakened by the orders of various governments so that the national police forces could still listen in.

DCF
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