Hijackers' e-mails were unencrypted

Adam Fields fields at surgam.net
Wed Oct 3 17:59:33 EDT 2001


ji at research.att.com says:
> I can just see it coming --
> 
> "their email was in the clear and we still coudln't find them; imagine
> how much harder it will be when everybody uses cryptography."
> 
> I don't think we can win either way.

Of course, when everybody uses state-sanctioned security, the protocol
will automatically forward a "suspicion digest index" to the
appropriate authorities, allowing for easy sifting and sorting by
threat level.

				- Adam

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