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[glasher at nycap.rr.com (Glenn C. Lasher Jr.)]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Wandered Inn wrote:

> The other issue is, exactly how good is the technology if someone is
> able to crack it?  In the case of the Russian programmer, he could
> have kept this info to himself, or sold it on the black market.  Then
> where would they be?  I do not know his full intent, but he was making
> a presentation at a tech conference, he was not standing on the side
> of the road selling this stuff to the highest bidder.  I think intent
> has a lot to do with how the law should be applied.

Interestingly, one of the federal agencies (can't remember whether it was
FBI or CIA) is one of his company's largest customers.  Elcomsoft makes
electronic lockpicks.

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