I figure if you re-constitute zeros and ones on my computer with enough permutations, you can make up just about anything including 9/11 plans and blueprints for thermonuke devices.
I am all FOR encryption. If its MY bizness, then it should STAY my business. As far as probing things I've thought about and not done - well that is MINE ALONE. Stay out of my HEAD - FEDS! And as far as tracking my relative position between cell phone towers - How else can I receive a phone call when I'm out and about? But yeah - thanks for reminding me, Bill - I should always remember to always turn it off when I'm out there committing crimes! -WaV On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Mixon Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > Surely the authority of the customs people to inspect vessels or vehicles > applies only to those that have been outside the United States? > > Anyway, there was an amusing thing in the news a few months ago. Some guy > came into the US from Canada and somehow the customs people learned that > there was kiddy porn on his laptop computer and arrested him. However, the > files were encrypted, and even the feds were unable to break the encryption > and prove it. Courts ruled that the defendent could not be required to give > up the key to the code. (I suspect this might have been a deliberate test > case, with the offending image deliberately out where the customs inspector > would see it.) > > Drive them crazy. Get PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and encrypt lots of > perfectly innocent stuff on your computer. Don't use some wimpy encryption > facility that comes with your operating system; it is probably not > NSA-proof. (Actually, of course, unless you deliberately do something to > make them suspicious--not recommended--, it is extremely unlikely that > they'll ever check.) It would be really nice if it was easy and convenient > to encrypt everything, including all voice communications. But almost nobody > really cares about his privacy. Witness all those people who travel around > with their cell phones turned on, making it possible to track them in real > time. > --Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > A fearless man cannot be brave. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: [email protected] > AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
