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 Message 902 
 August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen 
 Cops hate encryption but the NSA loves i 
 03 Jun 23 08:36:00 
 
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Hello Wilfred!

** On Friday 02.06.23 - 08:50, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

 WvV> * Originally in MOBILE
 WvV> * Crossposted in PUBLIC_KEYS

 AA>> But binkp is only sound during the initial transfer.  The
 AA>> resultant fidonet content become public info once it lands on a
 AA>> bbs that opens the echos for public viewing.  :(

 WvV> You wouldn't normally send your private mails in public echomail areas.
 WvV> You would use netmail, preferably direct, so I don't see that down
 WvV> side...

Oh yeah.. netmail could work that way exclusively. Good point.  
That could be reasonably invisible to the NSA/spy.  But the use  
of the binkp can still be deteted, no?  And if that's the case,  
they can start focusing their observations on systems that use  
it and probe deeper.
-- 
  ../|ug

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