3. I'll do the www.crypto.com thing, thanks for the pointer. This may be a critical last stand on the privacy of communications issue. What gets me is the blind arrogance with which govt "servants" assume that their (even if legitimate)
Chris Avery wrote: pursuit of crime somehow excuses or justifies diminishing privacy rights for everyone else. There must be some kind of ratio: 1,000,000 rights diminished for 1 criminal activity detected? Doesn't make sense. Don't worry about being a "Cypher-newbie" (even if you did spell it wrong in the subject header). You can always learn the "numbers" and the "terms," but at least you don't seem to fall into the category of being a "Logic-newbie" or a "Common-sense-newbie," which is far from uncommon in new (and some of the older) list members. As a matter of fact, I don't believe I've seen a post by any of the cypherpunks list members which so simply points out that one of the major reasons for the erosion of our civil rights is usurpment of them by civil servants. In effect, the "servants" have armed themself and taken over control of the manor from its owners--their "masters." "Legitimate needs" seem to have usurped "legitimate rights." All of a sudden, we are required, at gunpoint, to eat our meals only at times which conveniently fit into the "servant's" schedule. Next, we find out that the servants "don't do windows." Then we find out that the servants need to sleep in the "big bedroom" because they work so much harder than us, and that we have to sleep in the barn because they need the servant's quarters for other "legitimate needs." The "tail" of government is wagging the "Bull Mastiff" of our Constitutional rights and freedoms. Please continue to follow the cypherpunks list, as there is a decided shortage of individuals left in society who are capable and willing to understand the importance of true privacy, rights and freedom. There is no disgrace in having been round-up and penned with the rest of the sheeple, but it is a sad day, indeed, when we fail to keep an eye open for a "gate" inadvertantly left open, so that we can graze on the open range when circumstances permit. {And if the gatekeeper happens to bend over in a position that places his/her head close to your hooves...} TruthMonger