[CLUG] NSA Linux?

Paul J Collins sneakums at zork.net
Thu Apr 12 14:33:01 IST 2001


>>>>> "ab" == adam beecher <adam at iewebs.com> writes:

    ab> Ah, but surely the compromises are built-in? After all, that's
    ab> what the NSA have been trying to do for years. Can you say
    ab> V-chip?

You're thinking of the Clipper chip.  The NSA had nothing to do with
the V-chip, which was to be an implementation of a rating system for
TV content, parents being clearly too incompetent to monitor their
children's TV habits.

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