TID: FMail-lnx64 2.2.0.0   
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   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 09155d96   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2023-06-03 21:51:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>>> Oh yeah.. netmail could work that way exclusively. Good   
    AA>>> point. That could be reasonably invisible to the NSA/spy.   
    AA>>>  But the use of the binkp can still be deteted, no?   
      
    WvV>> Yes. With or without pgp/gpg content.   
      
    AA> Hmmm..  Too bad networked (via FTN) BBSes don't stress that   
    AA> opaqueness as pretty-good-isolation from internet collection   
    AA> then.   
      
   Probably everything is collected. And btw binkd doesn't use a very good   
   encryption algorithm. So if they wanted/needed to break it, they probably   
   could. So the hiding gpg traffic only works as long as we remain small and   
   under the radar...   
      
    AA>>> And if that's the case, they can start focusing their   
    AA>>> observations on systems that use it and probe deeper.   
      
    WvV>> Why would they want to do that? And if they would, they   
    WvV>> would have already started doing so decades ago...   
      
    AA> Well.. I thought that if it becomes known that BBSes are the   
    AA> transport mechanism for secret/suspect messages, then the spys   
    AA> could investigate the BBS and owners and choose to knock on   
    AA> their doors some day?   
      
   Of course, but that is true for any kind of communication... The point is not   
   to become suspect! ;-)   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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