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Re: Information [for new PGP user]
On Thu, 07 Nov 1996 07:08:52 -0800, Dale Thorn wrote:
>> >> > I'm a new Cyberpunk!
>> Probably wearing a set of Ono-Sendai eyeballs....
>> >> > Last, I would like to know once and for all, is PGP compromised, is
>> >> > there a back door, and have we been fooled by NSA to believe it's secure?
>> You can read and compile the source code yourself.
>Really? All 60,000 or so lines, including all 'includes' or attachments?
>I'll bet you can't find 10 out of 1,000 users who have read the total source,
>let alone comprehended and validated it.
That's not necessary - it's the fact that it's possible that matters; most
of us are content to trust the various people who actually have. However,
I'd probably be inclined to look into it seriously if I was going to use it
on anything incriminating or potentially linked to my checkbook...
# Chris Adams <[email protected]> | http://www.io-online.com/adamsc/adamsc.htp
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