>>I never assumed there was. There's no thing as privacy, is there? No less
>>than Sun CEO Scott McNally says so.
>
>Well, McNeely was speaking about a different level of
>aggregation, I'm sure. I've not seen the quote. I
>wish I knew whether he's happy or - as he should be! -
>outraged by the problem. But then, for the wealthy,
>any problem is always smaller :-(
Ooops, I misspelled his name. McNealy's exact words were: "Get over it. You have no privacy."
>There is still written-communications privacy, if of no
>better order than the game/candle or turn-pumpkin sort.
>PGP can provide you that much. And if you are a
>government or a business -- but I repeat myself :-( --,
>there are still plenty devices and techniques that
>effectively guarantee absolute voice privacy, even over
>the public voice network.
I just don't believe that. Maybe I'm overestimating their powers, but I always assume the National Security Agency can tap anything it wants to.
Doug