-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Lucky Green wrote:
On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Robert A. Costner wrote:
My copy of PGP 5.0 seems to be completely compatible with 2.6 versions. This message is signed, and my key is included within the message for those of you who have software that discards the non signed portion. (If you don't know how to extract my key, copy it and fix the broken dashed line, or use a keyserver)
Of course your copy of PGP 5.0 is compatible with prior versions. I know this, you know this, and the anonymous author claiming otherwise knows this. He simply hopes that there are some people that don't know this. The idea behind the original post and others like it over the last few days is to spread FUD about PGP 5.0 after other attacks failed for lack of merrit. If you repeat a lie often enough, eventually some people will believe you. PSYOPS 101. Let's not fall for it.
Actually, the cry of "Infowar!" itself could be used as a disruptive technique. It undermines dialogue. It breeds suspicion and paranoia. It encourages people to think of those who disagree with them as The Enemy. It can be used by a mole for cover. Gee, come to think of it, isn't Lucky the one who keeps trying to demoralize everyone by saying that Big Brother is inevitable? And, who was it that was waving around firearms at a Cypherpunks meeting? Isn't that a classic provocateur technique? (See the Earth First experience, for example.) Now, I think it's unlikely that Lucky is a mole. I'm just trying to show that once you start witch hunting, it turns out that the supply of witches tends to be highly responsive to demand. The Back Technique of fighting Infowar seems to be effective. Treat the claims of the suspected Infowarrior as if they are credible and carefully explain why there is an inaccuracy. Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNFzh3ZaWtjSmRH/5AQH8FQf7BzzvEog2DpaqwcEaHC5uaxI8D5xE5m1l Vr1oToONAHmnXelol2vTDyNITymQAY/LpVP5liFGAI3sWUQuLJmPOnfYsLD4xCj0 ZG0dXjWoujkNbMWd/kDtCOmngeCO7c+nW7u1xrI0vJXKtPM3+ipkQNvmpo9mTSaW 2MGdFAsAdbsRoUUQYXcDqJ+A19O0pVhaCU9rlhuqcX/RlHgTrWXXZk8MRlEiPdq5 gJad0cWRHIWPgtSUmTQoRbwxyV6ZaUHlPpEUw0V9zdH7N9Cz4WS1c+ylUaY/L+OA lqEqWksZVDKTbW8Bwc/1Up5Eek/YXzj1kT/YMnxB2bbnASfIA19GtA== =E0Vy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----