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Re: DId you ever think...



more paranoid than I like to get....

josh

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> Did anyone ever think that maybe, just maybe, PGP was developed, and before the
> programmer started giving it away for free, that he was paid by the government
> to give them the key which can unlock ANY PGP locked document/file/etc???  I
> mean, wasn't it kind of surprising that the government would make such a big
> deal over this?  To make hackers/phreakers in general think that this was the
> greatest encryption scheme available today for free (the programmer was paid 
> to distribute his software for free, seeing that the sum was sizable), they 
> made an act by (i don't know the specifics) arresting him, telling him to stop
> distributing, etc... Makes you wonder huh... It's possible.  Maybe he wrote in
> the PGP program a loophole in the encryption so that he could decrypt anything
> that was encrypted by PGP.  Maybe he is big brother.  Maybe big brother is
> running him... I mean, has anyone ever gone thru the entire source code and 
> checked if this PGP is a valid encryption scheme, or just the gov't slipping
> in their clipper thing without us knowing it.  Reply here--no email please...
> 
> The Devils Advocate, and preventing the Government Anarchy,
> Farmer Pete
>