Declan said:
My suspicion is that it's just *easier* to monitor cypherpunks, and even tech-impaired IRS agents can figure out majordomo. Usenet takes more effort -- it's why I don't read it anymore -- and perhaps things would have been far different if the list went the alt.* route after the Great List Storm of '97.
Cypherpunks is a *heavy* open source intelligence proposition. "Broad daylight" is actually valid CI strategy since certain bodies seem mainly to be interested in all things secret... stuck in pre-information age intelligence strategies (channeling Steele). Being "ultra-secret" is a damn bad idea if you're trying avoid unwarranted and hypersensitive attention. A *very* smart call in the beginning, I think. There is something to be said about standing in an open field. Still, seems like you could "do some things" -- at least to avoid undue & unfair mischaracterization. I really don't want to be associated with the "help-me-make-bombz/hack/hurt" troll people. (I realize opinions differ, okay.) I also think the archives are very rich. [FN1] Meek sheeple opinion. Baaa. ~Aimee [1.] You could do remote Meyer-Briggs in there.