On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Ernest Hua wrote:
I think Duncan was mad at the 'soon.' Why not today?
I think I can answer this question because I was an obnoxious little hacker with an Atari 800 when I was a kid. The only thing I did not have was a modem and an Internet connection (thus ability to read sci.crypt.research etc ...)
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means, a super-smart person. Therefore, it is not a stretch to believe that kids today can perform powerful encryption in the privacy of their own homes.
Not a stretch? I'd say it was proven fact two years ago. This, I believe, was Duncan's point. [...]
Ern
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