17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
C'punks, On Sat, 2 Jul 1994 Rishab wrote:
. . . It is now fashionable to talk about the Asian way -- subjugating freedom to prosperity. This is of course bunkum, freedom is an ideal and is universal. . . .
Ever been to Singapore? That is *exactly* the social contract into which the Singaporeans have entered. When I was there, I tried to give a copy of PGP to the young man who sold and set up our computer equipment. He turned it down. He told me he didn't need that kind of privacy for his messages or files. He couldn't understand why he would want encryption that would keep the government from reading his data. He seemed truly mystified. It gave me the willies. S a n d y