[yuhong]

I am thinking about why encryption was only used by the military in the first place, back when the infamous Bell monopoly on phone service existed. I think cracking encryption was one of the reasons computers was created in the first place, right?

[tedunangst]

Who could listen to people's phone calls, and how many people were concerned about that happening?

[vezzy-fnord]

Breathing in on your phone has traditionally been the FBI's dominion, in any case.

[yuhong]

Yea, I know this kind of control is not possible on the Internet.