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To: "Charles M. Hannum" <abuse@spamalicious.com>
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In message <200503052106.05001.abuse@spamalicious.com>, "Charles M. Hannum" wri
tes:

>While you might claim that the dedication to study the user's behavior and 
>mount such an attack is fanciful, I claim that it is not.  Under observation, 
>GBDE's additional techniques do not stand up to the claim of being "spook 
>strength".

GBDE only makes that claim for a "cold disk" for pretty much the very
reasons you mention.

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