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Re: Encrypted phones, keys, taps, ...

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From: Phil Karn
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 08:18
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In article <gilchr.720707142@ee.ualberta.ca> gilchr@ee.ualberta.ca (Andrew Gilchrist) writes:
>If digital cellular ever gets off the ground, real-time data encryption
>via computer algorithms would become feasable.  'Til then, scrambling
>will be the way to go.

It may be feasable, but you'll have to do it yourself on an end-to-end
basis -- thanks to the NSA, the current digital cellular standards
provide "privacy" in name only. Nor is this likely to change.

Phil
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Subject: Re: Encrypted phones, keys, taps, ...
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