by MacG » Fri 05 May 2006, 14:26:31
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SoothSayer', 'I')'ve thought about doing that ... but then if you were a blackmailer or a goverment spook, where would you find the richest pickings?
Yep, at proxy servers!
I wonder how many are actually "honey pots" set up to attract those who have secret commercial or other messages to send, or who wish to view political websites?
I wonder how many are legit .. BUT ... have their traffic tapped?
It's what I would do if I were a government spook!
Agree! And as long as a minority use "strong" cryptography, I would monitor for encrypted messages. There is no mathematical proof for the absence of an analytical solution to factorizing large numbers. The NSA might have cracked it since ten years, and might be able to read all PGP-encrypted stuff without much effort. They sure have sponsored enough of the brightest matematicians out there, and IF they have cracked it, they would guard the secret even more than the Manhattan project.
Just imagine! By encrypting your message, you kind of "flag" it for interception. It's like shooting fish in a barrel - read only the encrypted messages, they contain most of the goodies....