1997-10-18 - Re: Security flaws introduced by “other readers” in CMR

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From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1997-10-18 09:59:25 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:59:25 +0800

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From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:59:25 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Security flaws introduced by "other readers" in CMR
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Adam Back writes:
>You have a dual concern: you are trying to protect against big brother
>and against little brother.

At the technical level, is there a meaningful difference between the
brothers? Aren't we really talking about third-party access to
communications, and second-party access to stored data ... with the
"brother" distinction being one made at a social/political level, as a
judgement about the legitimacy of the access or the size of the actor,
rather than the character of the access?


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  • 1997-10-18 (Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:59:25 +0800) - Re: Security flaws introduced by “other readers” in CMR - Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
    • 1997-10-18 (Sun, 19 Oct 1997 05:29:21 +0800) - Re: Security flaws introduced by “other readers” in CMR - Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
      • 1997-10-19 (Mon, 20 Oct 1997 02:04:00 +0800) - “First do no harm” - Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
        • 1997-10-19 (Mon, 20 Oct 1997 04:05:59 +0800) - Re: “First do no harm” - Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
      • 1997-10-19 (Mon, 20 Oct 1997 03:32:12 +0800) - Re: “First do no harm” - Fabrice Planchon <fabrice@math.Princeton.EDU>
    • 1997-10-19 (Sun, 19 Oct 1997 13:51:13 +0800) - Re: Security flaws introduced by “other readers” in CMR - Fabrice Planchon <fabrice@math.Princeton.EDU>
      • 1997-10-19 (Sun, 19 Oct 1997 17:36:43 +0800) - Re: Security flaws introduced by “other readers” in CMR - Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
        • 1997-10-19 (Mon, 20 Oct 1997 00:58:10 +0800) - Re: Security flaws introduced by “other readers” in CMR - “William H. Geiger III” <whgiii@invweb.net>
      • 1997-10-19 (Mon, 20 Oct 1997 02:51:28 +0800) - Re: Security flaws introduced by “other readers” in CMR - Fabrice Planchon <fabrice@math.Princeton.EDU>
        • 1997-10-19 (Mon, 20 Oct 1997 05:58:35 +0800) - Re: Security flaws introduced by “other readers” in CMR - Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
    • 1997-10-19 (Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:01:34 +0800) - Quantum Leaps in PGP - TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>