Re: Crypto: Systems & Application Developers Wanted

[Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>]

At 07:11 PM 10/15/96 -0400, Mark Aldrich wrote:
>On Sat, 12 Oct 1996, SPYRUS wrote:
>
>> SPYRUS, the leading provider of cryptographic tokens (PC cards & 
>>      Smart Cards), with associated systems and applications software, is 
>>      looking for engineers with the following qualifications to work 
>> with
>>      our Secure Applications Group in San Jose, CA:

>Uh, excuse me, but doesn't SPYRUS in fact market a Fortezza card?  The
>very same card being used by the Evil Empire to spread diseased and impure
>so-called "cryptography" (with GAK permanently embedded into it) to the
>uninformed minions? 

Uninformed? It's right in their name: SPY-R-US. Just don't tell Toys 'R Us,
they've been on a trademark litigation jag lately. 

(but it might save everyone some time if they added "Not concerned about
the long-term effect your work has on the quality of human life & freedom"
to the list of qualifications required.)

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