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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1111)	2/10/2000 1:29:00 AM
From: JayPC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

I wonder if any of these "hackers" owned stock in the various internet security companies who posted double digit gains today... Regards Jay

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1111)	2/10/2000 3:15:00 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Respond to of 1782

Re: hackers to blame... Frank, you must remember that piece of moronic legislation passed making it illegal to "listen" on certain parts of the 800 mHz band used for cell phone traffic. When it was plain that the real problem was the stupidity of the analog cellular system in putting subscribers conversations on the air totally in the clear. This showed where the cell phone operators placed their subscribers privacy, and what contempt the government held them in, in trying to give the belief that passing a law would be effective against breakins when the door doesn't even have a lock on it. In Europe the correct approach was taken - GSM is lightly encrypted, and CDMA is also much more secure. Of course, this is a false sense of security. Pimply faced adolescents with gold chains around their necks won't be listening with scanners, but the governments there broadly wiretap as they see fit. As for the holier than thou attitude at 2600... heh, right, they're sorry for the disturbance. And I'm the king of England.