Geoff Flight wrote: > I find that unlikely. It seems rather draconian and a little > 'conspiracy-like'
Hi Geoff! It does seem that way, but actually, every now and then there are those within the government who have a them (citizens) vs us (saviors) mentality. The recent Janet Napolitano memo is the sort of thing that is sometimes uncovered. Usually a word in the "mainstream" media, of course. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/16/napolitano_apologizes_to_veter.html?wprss=44 If it even comes to light, they then always claim it is a misunderstanding, and I suppose that could even be true. However, it was an interesting clump of words: "It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration." There was also the obligatorily accusation of "hate". > I can remember when Microsoft was making the encryption for NT there was > talk that the US Government should have the decryption routines and that > they had to be approved. I do wonder how they can control millions of PC's > though. Maybe just suspect ones. > Big brother was here anyway, we just didn’t notice. Or maybe care. > Al > Allen wrote: >> Maybe paranoid people should not go online then. >> Al >> >> > I happen to know a former MS partner (encryption area) who told me his > source code had to be sent first to n s a which returned the compiled > code to be included in W$. We can only guess what they did to the code. > Maybe nothing, just compiled it, we all know there are only nice folks > over there. What would your guess be? -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
