NODE f0a6b61eTV Commercial
Marshall Clow <mclow@owl.csusm.edu>Fri, 6 Jun 1997 05:19:44 +0800
Today on TV, I saw an advertisement.
Image: Two ships exchanging searchlight-type signals.
Voiceover:
It's common sense, really.
You should be able to communicate with anyone
without worring about the security of your communications.
Sprint PCS. Secure digital communications.
It's nice to see that a large multinational corporation is
publicly expousing cypherpunk attitudes.
(The reality of their phones is not as encouraging, but...)
-- Marshall
Marshall Clow Aladdin Systems <mailto:mclow@mailhost2.csusm.edu>
"In Washington DC, officials from the White House, federal agencies and
Congress say regulations may be necessary to promote a free-market
system." -- CommunicationsWeek International April 21, 1997
NODE aa7d41b0Re: TV Commercial
David Lucas <davidlu@sco.COM>Fri, 6 Jun 1997 15:46:43 +0800
At 14:09 05/06/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Today on TV, I saw an advertisement.
>
>Image: Two ships exchanging searchlight-type signals.
>
>Voiceover:
> It's common sense, really.
> You should be able to communicate with anyone
> without worring about the security of your communications.
>
> Sprint PCS. Secure digital communications.
It's a nice thought, but the image is all wrong. Two ships communicating
via Aldis lamps (presumably, I haven't seen the ad) using Morse at a guess,
isn't what I would call very secure communication.
Still, what do the ad-men know?
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NODE be059e0eRe: TV Commercial
Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>Sat, 7 Jun 1997 01:09:49 +0800
At 12:34 AM -0700 6/6/97, David Lucas wrote:
>It's a nice thought, but the image is all wrong. Two ships communicating
>via Aldis lamps (presumably, I haven't seen the ad) using Morse at a guess,
>isn't what I would call very secure communication.
Well, the Japanese managed to keep secure communications when sneeking up
on Pearl Harbor, and I assume they used something similar for ship-to-ship
communications. Narrow beam, and everyone who can receive is in sight is
nice.
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NODE 7b96f0c3Re: TV Commercial
Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>Sun, 8 Jun 1997 04:52:08 +0800
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Bill Frantz wrote:
> At 12:34 AM -0700 6/6/97, David Lucas wrote:
> >It's a nice thought, but the image is all wrong. Two ships communicating
> >via Aldis lamps (presumably, I haven't seen the ad) using Morse at a guess,
> >isn't what I would call very secure communication.
>
> Well, the Japanese managed to keep secure communications when sneeking up
> on Pearl Harbor, and I assume they used something similar for ship-to-ship
> communications. Narrow beam, and everyone who can receive is in sight is
> nice.
>
Did they? This is a matter of some debate ...
-r.w.