Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?

17 Dec 2003

      From:	IN%"unicorn@schloss.li"  "Black Unicorn" 29-APR-1996 02:21:27.65
To:	IN%"jimbell@pacifier.com"  "jim bell"
CC:	IN%"cypherpunks@toad.com"  "Cypherpunks"
Subj:	RE: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?

Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:15:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Subject: RE: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?
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On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote:

[...]
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While strong cryptography is powerful, and secure communications
liberating, unplugging the phones would about cripple that 'weapon' for a
while.  Any group rebelling based only on high technology communication is
an extremely vulnerable group, both to widespread denial of service, and
more specific 'surgical' attacks.  (Motorola stock anyone?)
Wouldn't that partially depend on:
		A. the level of backups - packet radio as a backup for phones,
for instance... a reason I've been forwarding the stuff on radio to here.
		B. the necessity to the government of keeping what else may
depend on those phones - the economy - going.
	-Allen

Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?

E. ALLEN SMITH