Re: FUCK!!!!!!;-)

Someone who won't put his name to things he writes wrote:

At 04:05 AM 10/3/96 -0400, Anonymous wrote:
>+ --- begin forwarded text
>+ 
>+ "Keys" are strings of computer code that lock and unlock data.   Key recovery
>+ is an approach that permits the recovery of lost or  damaged keys without the
>+ need to store or "escrow"  them with a third party.  This approach could also
>+ meet the needs of law enforcement to act under the authority of a court order
>+ without risking the  confidentiality of business data.
>
>Just wondering how much of a problem "damaged keys" really are in
>practice.  Is this something specific to Microsoft filesystems or
>really cheap tape drives?  I've never seen that problem under Unix,
>and something like a private RSA key doesn't change very often, so you
>would expect to have encrypted copies of it on many backup tapes.
>
>Or maybe this journalist, like most, doesn't know what the fuck he's
>talking about?
>

To which this card-carrying member of the media replies:

Companies cited in the PRESS RELEASE - that means public relations product,
not journalism product - were involved in signing off on what went into the
release. By definition, no member of the press was involved in producing
this document

It seems directing questions to the companies would be a good idea.

Will Rodger
Washington Bureau Chief
Interactive Week.

> >Or maybe this journalist, like most, doesn't know what the fuck he's
> >talking about?
> 
> To which this card-carrying member of the media replies:
> 
> Companies cited in the PRESS RELEASE - that means public relations product,
> not journalism product - were involved in signing off on what went into the
> release. By definition, no member of the press was involved in producing
> this document
> 
> It seems directing questions to the companies would be a good idea.
> 
> Will Rodger
> Washington Bureau Chief
> Interactive Week.

You media monopoly asswipes love corporate press releases because
your too cheap to hire real journalists.

Yes, there's a problem with publishing ADS as news.  Look at the 
magazine shelfs and the newspapers for proof.

Will is hardly a "media monopoly" representive, or someone who spits out 
"ADS as news."

If his longtime reading of the cypherpunks mailing list wasn't a good 
enough clue, you may remember that Will broke the Clipper III story 
earlier this year.

And yes, I am a card-carrying member of the media -- and a fan of Will's 
writing.

-Declan

HotWired
Washington, DC


On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Troy Varange wrote:

> > >Or maybe this journalist, like most, doesn't know what the fuck he's
> > >talking about?
> > 
> > To which this card-carrying member of the media replies:
> > 
> > Companies cited in the PRESS RELEASE - that means public relations product,
> > not journalism product - were involved in signing off on what went into the
> > release. By definition, no member of the press was involved in producing
> > this document
> > 
> > It seems directing questions to the companies would be a good idea.
> > 
> > Will Rodger
> > Washington Bureau Chief
> > Interactive Week.
> 
> You media monopoly asswipes love corporate press releases because
> your too cheap to hire real journalists.
> 
> Yes, there's a problem with publishing ADS as news.  Look at the 
> magazine shelfs and the newspapers for proof.
> 


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