From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Easy Unbreakable Encryption!
Date:	Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:16:34 +0930

Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
writes:
>
> Robert> I'd sooner believe you could cast a Manaball in orbit than crack
> Robert> a complex encryption algorithim,
>
> You're wrong. *ANY* encryption algorithm can be cracked, given enough
> time and effort. This is a fact.

Not in real time, Rat... Sure, you can crack it eventually, but while they
are talking? Get real.

> Robert> And HOW THE HELL DO YOU PLAN TO TRIANGULATE ME IN A CITY FULL OF
> Robert> PEOPLE USING MOBILE PHONES?
>
> Cellular phones use RF, obviously. RF is *trivial* to track. Two
> receivers tuned to your phone's frequencies or codes and you're a
> beacon in the night.

Except that there are probably about 10 million other phones in the city
ALL on similar frequencies. More like a beacon in a floodlit area.

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Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
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