Re: FBI system covertly searches e-mail

2000-07-18 Thread Tom Vogt
David Honig wrote: so, why is cypherpunks not using encryption? I understand there's a majordomo patch out somewhere that pgp-encrypts mails to subscribers that provide their keys. Its a private mailing list opened to the public, not to mention it is nowadays archived searchable from the

Re: FBI system covertly searches e-mail

2000-07-18 Thread David Honig
At 02:37 AM 7/18/00 -0400, Tom Vogt wrote: two advantages: a) more encrypted traffic on the web. With known plaintext... b) some people might want to read cypherpunks without the intermediate parties being aware of the fact (I know companies that monitor e-mail). If that's a concern, use the

Re: FBI system covertly searches e-mail

2000-07-18 Thread Tom Vogt
David Honig wrote: a) more encrypted traffic on the web. With known plaintext... not a good idea, you're right. b) some people might want to read cypherpunks without the intermediate parties being aware of the fact (I know companies that monitor e-mail). If that's a concern, use the