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Re: baseline privacy ... not
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gilmore)
Thu May 29 16:00:53 2003
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 12:28:36 -0700
From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
> 1) In a cable-modem system, the layer-1 signal to/from
> your cable is physically present in your neighbors' homes.
>
> 2) To defend against the obvious privacy problems this
> implies, the standards provide for Baseline Privacy (BPI)
> which encrypts the signals.
>
> So you're safe, right?
>
> 3) Evidence suggests that most cable-modem customers in
> the US are not protected. Many service providers have
> Baseline Privacy turned off. Defeated. Disabled.
> Skipped. No privacy.
Gee, that's funny. You could replace "cable modem" with "cellphone"
and get the same answer. I wonder whether NSA, or sloth fostered by
government-granted monopolies, are the cause in each case?
John
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