3 Apr
2000
3 Apr
'00
7:13 a.m.
> I wouldn't be surprised if someone stole this
model just to get enough
> public awareness and hype behind it to make a killing selling their own
> legitimate unit...can you imagine what a basic Enigma *could* bring on
> eBay now, since people all over the world know how rare and priceless they
> are now? (And how much they're worth: $100K!)
> We'll probably find out soon enough...
Maybe all they wanted is secure internet encryption
and didn't like PGP . .
I can just imagine -- an enigma tied into a net server
somehwere.
ROTFL - well, maybe Philip schould jump in here ...
And in fact, if we take the real end to end speed
of our multi megabit networks, a enigma may still
be fast enough :)
Ciao
H.
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