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To: Eric L who wrote (24566)	3/21/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Here is another link which treats security at the highest level: nsa.gov:8080/programs/missi/condor.html

To: Eric L who wrote (24566)	3/21/1999 6:05:00 PM
From: JGoren	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

I have seen national and local TV reports that GSM and analog phones can be cloned and that the calls can be intercepted. They have never mentioned cdma or shown a cdma phone to which that has occurred. Since each conversation has its own code, it is virtually impossible to intercept and listen to the conversation because no one can figure out the encryption fast enough. I have not checked this and don't delve into the details of the technology, but my recollection is that when encryption was discussed on the thread (perhaps a year ago or so), there was some talk that the encryption code changes randomly making it that much more impossible to break the security. Perhaps, someone out there remembers and has more detailed information. I am not a techie. Again, the historical basis for cdma--and again I am going from memory--was that Heddy Lamar (that's right, the actress, whose father was a well-known physicist and who was brilliant in her own right) during WWII suggested cdma as a solution to signaling torpedoes as to their trajectory in a manner that could not be interfered with by the enemy.