Re: The Crypto Applications we would rather not talk about

>     Anonymous remailer and PGP
>     Unusual applications
>
>I dont know if anyone else caught it last year
>but High Times discovered anonymous remailers
>and PGP for an article last year for
>anonymous remote control of grow rooms.
>

Actually, the NYT Magazine did a cover story on pot growing within the last
year, and toward the end one of the Americans doing grow rooms in Holland
said specifically that he was looking toward anonymous electronic
communications as a way to control his grow rooms remotely and securely.

Lee

On Nov 13,  9:21, Lee Tien sent the following to the NSA's mail archives:
> Subject: Re: The Crypto Applications we would rather not talk about
|| 
|| Actually, the NYT Magazine did a cover story on pot growing within the last
|| year, and toward the end one of the Americans doing grow rooms in Holland
|| said specifically that he was looking toward anonymous electronic
|| communications as a way to control his grow rooms remotely and securely.
|| 

If the story were about how pot growers used locks on their doors to
keep people out, I doubt very many people would care.  The mere fact
that a computer is involved in some way turns on the hype buttons of many
journalists who would otherwise find the story unremarkable.

	David

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