Sandy Sandfort wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jul 1996, Tom Weinstein wrote:
What I object to is anonymous activists who perform acts at no risk to themselves which make it harder for those of us who are trying to bring strong crypto to everyone.
Personally, I think it was a good idea for the American Colonists to shoot at the British from behind rocks and trees. As Tom pointed out in his post, there are relatively few Cypherpunks. We all do what we can, in whatever way best suits are temprament, talents and acceptible risk level. There is no single tao; there are many paths. For Netscape, dialog and negotiations may be the best way to promote privacy, for Zimmermann, it was guerilla programming, for others it might be high-tech monkey-wrenching. To each his own. As far as I can see, they are all trying to bring strong crypto to everyone.
I agree with you 100%. Note that while the American Colonists were shooting at the British, they didn't take their friends and pin them to trees as decoys. -- You should only break rules of style if you can | Tom Weinstein coherently explain what you gain by so doing. | tomw@netscape.com