re clipper considered harmful in article bontchev fbihh bontchev fbihh informatik uni hamburg de writes no because the feds will still be able to decrypt the conversations true they ll blame the wrong guys but nevertheless one cannot say something like the drugs arrive tommorrow on the ship terminus when the feds are listening even if they cannot identify who the speaker is it s not a question just of who is holding the phone it s a question of what circuit to wiretap in the first place if two drug dealers are both using stolen cellular phones the fbi doesn t know which lines to tap unless of course they re tapping all phones maybe all cellular phones if they haven t tapped the connection ie at least one end of the connection then they don t know what key to request disclaimer all opinions expressed are my own of course carl ellison cme sw stratus com stratus computer inc m bkw tel fairbanks boulevard marlborough ma fax
