Dear fellow Cypherpunks, I write to ask for your help. In the new year I am to begin a three level internet course - beginners, intermediate and advanced. Both privacy and security have been and are an interest of mine and unlike many courses which I have approached and conversed with I do not see these areas as some remote aspect of the advanced level - I see them as constituents of each level, through out the levels, and certainly from the beginning - as I have lurked here for the past while as a subscriber and prior that from afar I believe we all would agree with this. Yes, I am a virgin cypherpunk but not a virgin to both privacy and security as growing up in Northern Ireland I have seen them both in abundance and at other times lacking - the official / the unofficial - how they both took away life.... What I write to ask for is some pointers to direct me and if possible some personal comments in regards to these aspects. I personally use PGP but am ignorant to where this program is in the broader field of cryptography and what other programs are which have been mentioned on the mailing list. Excuse my lack of knowledge in technical terms but I am acute to them in the realm of the street. THE STREETS HAVE CHANGED TO CABLES AND THE BUILDINGS HAVE BECOME CPUs - WE ARE ALL GRAPHICS/TEXT/SOUNDS/VIDEO...........LANGUAGE. Can you please help me, as this information shall be passed on to others to make them aware and to help them - as it has helped you all, as it is helping me.... Thanking you all, in anticipation of hearing from you and wishing all a very happy as well as a safe Xmas and a lucky new year. Yours faithfully, Terence. "Irish eyes are smiling, I miss the emerald isle." -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCPAzCsvtYAAAEEANjIsO3Q0cSdEgYifAiA5+aUEVSBFFZTZIpqQXbgXxExsrjk bFiJ6haaWaD60KPjxH8QJ8PHr9x2tk2K1ktpbcL2+YjPHd+fJzqgz3llu2FV1Xu/ k1C7SWA5G8Do66I0MrQD3/jbAI2zp/0LnVoiI7LWCvPPKoxYCiHdIQ/n5PcJABEB AAG0JVRlcmVuY2UgSi4gTWFsbG9uIDx0am1AZWFzeW5ldC5jby51az6JAJUDBRAw uju1Id0hD+fk9wkBAXuUBACjGEmj3AO/rSUD0WRRHdYjDfR8L1FvcV0J/ZNwp7WJ 2cmHvtecLaOlTVWulRhVI6suUSwwzBYZFWmHJA7lR67gLZN8xqWyo/jWPVLDxAte pdC7ruZI1ZrFc90uPpymnVdC00gwgcG3F4RDQ9B1uY+4KiNG//fULwT6xUVzthak qA== =QN61 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----