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Blaming Encryption

Posted by michael on from the canada-not-available dept.

EisPick writes: "Just as a previous generation wrestled with whether or not to blame physicists for The Bomb, there are some misguided folks who are blaming Phil Zimmermann for the ability of terrorists to communicate confidentially. He tells the Washington Post, 'It has been a horrific few days.'" Meanwhile, John Gilmore has posted far and wide a call to mirror encryption code outside the United States, since export regulations are making a comeback.

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  1. Misdirected Hate Mail by Phaid · · Score: 4, Informative

    Bin Laden and company are better known for using steganography. There's no indication that they use PGP in email; apparently their favorite method is to get free websites at e.g. GeoCities and embed messages in image files.

  2. Re:Was crypto used? by vrt3 · · Score: 3, Informative
    No. According to The Register, Feds complain Bin Laden not using hi-tech equipment:
    "He switched off a lot of communications technologies," a US intelligence spokesman said.
    And:
    "This isn't low-tech," a former NSA consultant has been quoted as saying. "You'd have to really call it no-tech."
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