On Wednesday, December 15, 2010 05:36:25 pm fons(a)kokkinizita.net did opine:
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 05:14:56AM -0500, gene heskett
wrote:
Ralf I suspect, if he were to use pgp, would be
like me, and only
trust pgp-2.6.2a, the last one before they put Zimmerman in jail for
a few years. I have often said, and have been called the uber
paranoid for it, that one of the conditions of his release was that
the next generation of pgp had a back door.
PZ was never put in jail. He was investigated for illegal export of
'munitions', but the US government dropped the case after some years
without any charges being filed.
Ciao,
Fons, no dis-respect intended, but I was there, observing closely, sitting
behind the keyboard of a full house supercharged amiga back in those years.
He did do 2 or 3 years. Don't forget, this is a prime example of that old
saw about history being written by the winners, so the whole thing may have
been white washed to a high polish by now.
--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
All generalizations are false, including this one.
-- Mark Twain