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 Message 790 
 Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins 
 Re: Cops hate encryption but the NSA lov 
 02 Jun 23 08:44:42 
 
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* Originally in MOBILE
* Crossposted in PUBLIC_KEYS

Hi August,

On 2023-06-01 18:15:00, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> A bit old, but still interesting!

 WvV>> So you need to hide your pgp/gpg communication, in for instance
 WvV>> encrypted binkp sessions! And not use email... ;-)

 AA> I failed to notice the date of the original.  A lot of things
 AA> have changed in gpg/pgp usage and implementation since 2016.

It probably has. But not regarding the recognisability of the pgp/gpg data
afaik.

 AA> I bet gpg is more wide-spread in usage now than then.

I don't see any evidence of that.

 AA> Collecting and analying meta data NOW seems like a make-work
 AA> project that wastes time and resources.

Why do you think so. The NSA (and likes) wouldn't turn of their 2016 systems,
if they still keep working and giving them valuable data...


Bye, Wilfred.

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