baseline privacy ... not

[John Gilmore]

> 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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