Xref: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu sci.crypt:15755 comp.org.eff.talk:17125 Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!transfer.stratus.com!ellisun.sw.stratus.com!cme From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Clipper considered harmful Date: 22 Apr 1993 19:35:11 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <1r6s1f$c4d@transfer.stratus.com> References: <15469@optilink.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: ellisun.sw.stratus.com In article bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de writes: >No, because the Feds will still be able to decrypt the conversations. >True, they'll blame the wrong guys, but nevertheless one cannot say >something like "The drugs arrive tommorrow on the ship 'Terminus'" >when the Feds are listening, even if they cannot identify who the >speaker is. It's not a question just of who is holding the phone. It's a question of what circuit to wiretap in the first place. If two drug dealers are both using stolen cellular phones, the FBI doesn't know which lines to tap -- unless of course they're tapping *all* phones (maybe *all* cellular phones). If they haven't tapped the connection (ie., at least one end of the connection) then they don't know what key to request. -- - <> - 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