~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, That sneaky Jeff Barber has lured me out for one last word; cross my heart and hope to be assassinated by a digitally anonymous crypto-murderer. He wrote: I'm sorry that you're signing off this thread, particularly since it was you that challenged others to "disprove" your scenarios. That was not my main *challenge*. My shoot-from-the-hip scenarios were meant to be illustrative. I wanted Cypherpunks to use their powers for good, not evil. My primary challenge was to think up ways to defeat digital murders for hire. Why? Because: (1) Cypherpunks support strong crypto and other technological means for securing personal privacy. (2) We have enemies who are attempting to suppress such techniques by inflaming the general public with sensationalistic claims (e.g., PGP pedophiles, Net narcotraffickers, anonymous assassins). (3) To offset these tabloid bugaboos, it is in our best interest to solve these "problems" rather than to think up new and better ways to create crypto-chaos. Now everybody can either waste their time thinking up really neat-o keen-o ways to whack innocent spouses, business enemies and rich uncles, or you can support strong crypto and privacy by thinking up ways to mitigate the potentially negative side-effects of crypto-anarchy. Don't forget why we tune into the Cypherpunks Channel. Let's keep our eyes on the prize. I now say adieu to this thread for the second, and last, time. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~