Why "carnivore" type systems can't be (entirely) open source

[David Hansen]

On 5 Feb 2001, at 0:54, Owen Lewis wrote:

> GSM has never been described as a 'secure system'.

That's not my recollection of the hype at the time. ISTR it being 
described in terms like "fully secure". There were (presumably 
carefully planted) stories of intelligence agencies being concerned 
about it.




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