TID: FMail-lnx64 2.2.0.0
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PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221
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REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 09155d96
Hi August,

On 2023-06-03 21:51:00, you wrote to me:

 AA>>> Oh yeah.. netmail could work that way exclusively. Good
 AA>>> point. That could be reasonably invisible to the NSA/spy.
 AA>>>  But the use of the binkp can still be deteted, no?

 WvV>> Yes. With or without pgp/gpg content.

 AA> Hmmm..  Too bad networked (via FTN) BBSes don't stress that
 AA> opaqueness as pretty-good-isolation from internet collection
 AA> then.

Probably everything is collected. And btw binkd doesn't use a very good
encryption algorithm. So if they wanted/needed to break it, they probably
could. So the hiding gpg traffic only works as long as we remain small and
under the radar...

 AA>>> And if that's the case, they can start focusing their
 AA>>> observations on systems that use it and probe deeper.

 WvV>> Why would they want to do that? And if they would, they
 WvV>> would have already started doing so decades ago...

 AA> Well.. I thought that if it becomes known that BBSes are the
 AA> transport mechanism for secret/suspect messages, then the spys
 AA> could investigate the BBS and owners and choose to knock on
 AA> their doors some day?

Of course, but that is true for any kind of communication... The point is not
to become suspect! ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

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