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Article #189Re: A Trial Balloon on Registered Keys
From: Carl Ellison
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 23:07
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 23:07
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In article <HUGHES.92Oct29082142@soda.berkeley.edu> hughes@soda.berkeley.edu (Eric Hughes) writes: >An FBI friend of mine who is well aware of these issues suspects that >it is the Baby Bells who have been responsible for some of the recent >wiretapping legislation. As he understands it, whereas now the phone >companies get no (or little) remuneration for allowing law enforcement >access for wiretapping, the new bills not only require the technical >means to access communications, but also require the government to pay >for those means. > >To wit: Wiretapping, it's not illegal, it's a growth market. This is truly frightening. The last time I dealt with the phone company, you had to be talking about millions of $$ before something was worth thinking about. How much would each tap cost? How many taps do you need to have to make significant money on tapping? -- -- <<Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are my own, of course.>> -- Carl Ellison cme@sw.stratus.com -- Stratus Computer Inc. M3-2-BKW TEL: (508)460-2783 -- 55 Fairbanks Boulevard ; Marlborough MA 01752-1298 FAX: (508)624-7488
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!rpi!bu.edu!transfer!ellisun.sw.stratus.com!cme From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: A Trial Balloon on Registered Keys Message-ID: <7703@transfer.stratus.com> Date: 29 Oct 92 23:07:07 GMT References: <1992Oct27.143737.1574@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> <1992Oct29.001100.13178@eskimo.celestial.com> <HUGHES.92Oct29082142@soda.berkeley.edu> Sender: usenet@transfer.stratus.com Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering Lines: 30