On Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 1:22:24, Jim Kyle wrote:

> The easiest way, if you have a fax machine, is to fax him the
> information. That's a straight phone-line connection, not networked, so
> the probability of anyone being able to tap into it is very small.

It's actually quite easy to eavesdrop on phone - you just need to
connect a cable at the appropriate place. Once you do that, it's not
even that hard to intercept faxes.

> In
> addition, the image format that fax uses is pretty effective as an
> encryption measure even though it's a published standard. A casual
> snooper isn't likely to have the necessary tools...

Much more likely to have them than anything that would let him
intercept IP traffic, be it through DSL or cable (not to mention that
even intercepting that traffic won't help when the site uses
encryption).

-- 
< Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ >

Anything is possible if you don't know what you'retalking about.
       -- Green's Law of Debate


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