You're right, Eric -- we are mad as hell, too. But I'm not about to jump on a flight to the west coast to simply share strategies. The fact that I would even consider it negates the functions which we are working towards, no? I propose that us east coasters organize and meet as well. Pat and I are DC bourne, for those interested, I'd like to propose a DC local meeting. Suggestions? Keep in mind that I'm in NYC during the week, so my only available meeting times aare on the weekends. (By the way, lets get our shit together DC'ers. We need technologists, not lacidaisical idealisms.)
Your DC based Cypherpunk group is hereby established. BTW, if anyone noticed, the EFF is drawing some serious fire by the public press. "Sold out to commercialism", one headline reads.
Cheers.
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There is plenty of DC area support fr such a group. The only problem that presents it self is where to hold a meeting where there will be no hassles. In addition a thought that many people are overlooking- the wiretap chip transmissions of encrypted data would make a perfect envelope for the transfer of more secure information encrypted with powerful encryption schemes. There would be no easy way to tell the diffence between pre-encypted transmissions and wiretap chip encrypted conversation. ~~~~~ Craig Nottingham <cnotting@cosmos.gmu.edu> -Reality is for people who lack imagination NeXTmail<cnotting@gravity.gmu.edu> -I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. <=> Hunter S Thompson -A good cap of acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums. <=> H.S Thompson ~~~~~