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Re: [dvd-discuss] Hackers = terrorists, an analysis
- To: <Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org>
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Hackers = terrorists, an analysis
- From: Scott A Crosby <crosby(at)qwes.math.cmu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:20:19 -0400 (EDT)
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org wrote:
> BTW- Does anybody have any idea what Ashcroft, Feinstein etc THINK a
> "backdoor" is? Technically? How they think it operates? They keep calling
> for them but I really wonder what they really think they are.
>
They don't know what it is, but they know where to get it: the magic genie
of technology.
After all, technology made encryption, it can make a way to guarentee the
uselessness of encryption..
Hmmm. The first obvious counterexample is nuclear weapons.
--
But, technically, there can be no backdoor without greatly weakening the
system, and subjecting it to myriad new attacks.
Scott