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Re: Who needs secure wireless / tappable wireless infrastructure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gilmore)
Tue Sep 9 11:03:57 2003
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In-Reply-To: Message from Dave Emery <die@dieconsulting.com>
of "Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:10:08 EDT." <20030909021008.GJ1750@pig.dieconsulting.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:20:48 -0700
From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
> And this says nothing at all about the need for tactical
> military wiretaps on GSM systems under battlefield conditions when
> soldiers lives may depend on determining what the enemy is saying over
> cellphones used to direct attacks against friendly forces.
Or when innocent civilians need secure wireless infrastructures, to be
able to coordinate to avoid murderous US military forces. See, for
example:
http://electroniciraq.net/news/1014.shtml
which I found via SF writer James P. Hogan's blog:
http://www.jamesphogan.com/bb/bb.shtml
Prudent citizens should now know that before stepping into the street
to hail a taxi, they should use a secure phone to determine whether
any American tanks are in the area. But beware of American
direction-finding equipment -- make those calls short!
John
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