~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C'punks, At 01:55 PM 5/28/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote a thoughtful disquisition on privacy laws and concluded:
Cypherpunks should not, in my strong belief, support "data fairness laws" or "anti-gossip laws."
To which I would add: Cypherpunks has never been about laws at all, except in the subversive sense. It has been the oft stated goal of Cypherpunks to protect privacy through the use of techonology, *irrespective* of what laws say. Cypherpunks who don't want powerful corporations to invade their privacy should be working on better privacy technology instead of trying to dance with the devil. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~