Libertarianism is the only coherent ideology when it comes to the Internet. I'm told there may be a piece appearing shortly on HotWired arguing just this. At the Libertarian Party convention last summer, a bunch of cypherpunks including some on f-c showed up and made the platform even more pro-crypto and anti-GAK. I wrote about this for HotWired then. But to defend modern liberals for a moment (I'm a recovering one. Yes, it takes a long time.), groups like EPIC and the ACLU are generally liberal-ish and they're quite good on encryption. Of course, the Democrats in Congress are some of the biggest anti-crypto folks around. -Declan On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, David H Dennis wrote:
I must confess that I'm wondering what Seth Finkelstein, Pro-Government Warrior, able to jump over 50 Libertarians in a single bound, thinks of all this. Crypto restrictions are natural to oppose in a Libertarian world, due to our fundemental distrust of government. Where do they fit in a Liberal one?