Clinton's Pager Hacked

Dave Wagner passed on a story about the hacking of
the White House Communications Agency's pager
system, with commentary on what was lifted and the
possible consequences for crypto policy:

   http://jya.com/potus-hack.htm

The full report on the hack is online at:

   http://www.inch.com/~esoteric/pam_suggestion/formal.html

With links to the transcript. The big-time media are about
to break the story worldwide according to Dave.

I got a copy of the transcript last week. We decided not to run with it.
But someone on f-c posted that ABC News ran something last night.

-Declan



On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, John Young wrote:

> Dave Wagner passed on a story about the hacking of
> the White House Communications Agency's pager
> system, with commentary on what was lifted and the
> possible consequences for crypto policy:
> 
>    http://jya.com/potus-hack.htm
> 
> The full report on the hack is online at:
> 
>    http://www.inch.com/~esoteric/pam_suggestion/formal.html
> 
> With links to the transcript. The big-time media are about
> to break the story worldwide according to Dave.
> 
>    
> 
>

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    intercepting the pager signals (effectively in the clear) is
    one thing: breach of personal security for POTUS.

    however, the real issue would be interferring (or even false
    messages) on a single channel system (not even spread spectrum)

    THIS is precisely why the government fears encrytion! They simply do 
    not understand it; they do NOT want to understand it, and like all 
    other problems of government, they want to make it illegal and sweep 
    it under the carpet which will make it go away!  yeah, right....

    the secondary issue is organized government, elected or not, has
    its own agenda: to stay in power.  any empowerment of the mass
    is a threat to their supremacy.  or, as I like to think of it,
    government obsession with itself is like a self eating watermelon.

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 "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."     
        --Benjamin Franklin
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