re once tapped your code is no good any more in strnlghtc uij t netcom com strnlght netcom com david sternlight writes in article elee sf apr menudo menudo uh edu elee sf menudo menudo uh edu karl barrus writes would you trust a black box from the nsa versus an open system from elsewhere absolutely if i were assured by someone i trusted that the black box was more secure i have nothing to conceal from the government but i would like to be sure that any russian japanese french or other competitors for my services can t read my traffic i d like to be sure that competitive bid information was safe from commercial competitors and foreign governments which would aid them i believe the nsa has identical motivations with respect to my activities the president and many other senior government officials have made it very clear that they share these motivations thus i d trust them on the coincidence of interests argument as well as on a basic trust in their professionalism and a high confidence in their skills david david sternlight great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our information errors and omissions excepted nothing but errors and omissions here arthur l rubin a rubin dsg dse beckman com work beckman instruments brea mcimail com compuserve com arthur pnet cts com personal my opinions are my own and do not represent those of my employer
