So, after some years of creaking teletypes being the urgent link of our
diplomats* with our Gov, the FO is to introduce an e-mail system.
Will it be FONet, with wires all over the globe individually allocated
to it?
I doubt it. It will use encryption to secure the contents of the
messages which will then pass over the same data lines as everyone else
uses.
Now there is an idea that might have applications closer to hom.
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* Diplomat: person sent abroad to lie for his country
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