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Re: Do Cryptographers burn?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Victor.Duchovni@morganstanley.com)
Sun Apr 4 01:21:50 2004
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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 14:59:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Victor.Duchovni@morganstanley.com
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> What if a cryptographer is found to intentionally have given a false
> expertise in cryptography and security just to do a colleague a favor,
> when he erroneously assumed the expertise would be kept secret? Would
> such a cryptographer be considered as burned? Wouldn't he give more
> false expertises once he's getting paid for or asked by his government?
>
> I'd be interested in your opinions.
>
It seems most unlikely that anyone's opinion on this subject will be
anything other than light comic relief. Rent a good conspiracy-theory
holywood flick, I assure you it will be substantially more entertaining!
--
Viktor.
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