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In <PHR.92Oct2170309@napa.telebit.com> phr@telebit.com writes:

>...  
>  He doesn't have to wait for it to break.  He enters the enemy country
>  without carrying the calculator through customs, and buys one after
>  he gets there.  If he thinks he might get searched soon, he throws
>  the calculator away and buys another one when he has some traffic
>  to encrypt.
>  
>     How do you know TI or HP or Casio haven't already done it?  :-)
>  
>  How do *you* know that I don't know if they've done it?  :-)
>  
>     Thanks for contributing some new material to this group, rather
>     than rehashing the current discussions about what precautions
>     rabidly paranoid people should take to prevent Big Brother from
>     spoofing ALL their communication with everyone on every possible
>     subject in real time.
>  
>  But spies might have to worry about Big B. reprogramming the calculators
>  in the local office supply store... :-)

You don't trust your calculator, do you??

You don't use a Japanese-manufactured one, do you??

You know that Japanese companies have conspirated to reprogram all
exported calculators to give wrong results that may be destroying the
Western civilization, don't you??

:-) :-) :-) :-)

[And of course, if you really like that conspiracy rubbish, you can
replace 'Japanese' by just everyone you want: the CIA, NSA, BND
(German version of the CIA), your system manager, my neighbour's dog
etc., as you know that - nobody knows the internals of his calculator
and - custom chips are widely available, even under the condition that
the design be kept secret under all cirumstances :-)]


MfG,
        Olaf
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