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Re: Use crypto, face a death squad
In message <[email protected]> Peter wrote:
>
> There have been various rumours and comments over the past few years that
> the
> use of crypto in certain countries (Syria, Iraq, possibly China) is very
> dangerous for the end user, but very little actual evidence to substantiate
> this.
> [snip, with reference to Iraq]
> He can't remember the exact details any more, but the implication was
> that any encrypted messages sent to them would result in them quietly
> dissapearing.
So a possible consequence of someone from Iraq being obnoxious on a
mailing list, to someone in the know, could be several PGP-encrypted
mails dumped in their inbox... A little extreme, for us gentles, but the
threat should be effective.
Of course, spamming every Iraqui email address you could find with encoded
mail could cause a _lot_ of trouble.
Tim G.