In the June 6 issue of the New Yorker is an interesting story by John Seabrook (who did the email interview with Bill Gates) about getting flamed and how violated and uspset it made him. Lots of not explicitly stated suggestion that maybe somebody will need to control all this, and some very confusing material suggesting to the non-technical that viruses or worms may be sent via email messages. "Is this free speech?". But the chilling passage in the article is on page 77 where the writer says
Dr. Clinton C. Brooks, the N.S.A.'s lead scientist on the Clipper Chip told me, "You won't have a Waco in Texas, you'll have a Waco in cyberspace. You could have a cult, spaeking to each other through encyrption, that suddenly erupts in society - well programmed, well organized - and then suddenly disappears again."
Getting scared yet?
-Steve