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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: One time pads?
Message-ID: <4104@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 22 Feb 88 05:54:35 GMT
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henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> substantial pads of random numbers pose concealment problems.

gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) wrote:
> Yes, possession of such a pad would be considered evidence of ill intent.

Why am I not surprised that a government employee would consider possession of
pads of random numbers as "evidence of ill intent"?

"Circumstancial evidence, your Honor.  He clearly wanted privacy,
therefore he must be guilty of something."

Bah.
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