On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, James A. Donald wrote:

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This argument makes no sense at all: I am going to attack my enemies by paying people to send books, computers, and stuff to them?

At 12:39 PM 11/30/95 -0500, Jon Lasser wrote:

No; you're going to steal from your enemies by having them ship things to you without payment.

Why would I bother to use encryption to encrypt someone elses credit card number? This is like arguing that I could use a crypto book to hit someone over the head with in order to steal their wallet, or arguing that a firewalled computer can still be attacked with a sledge hammer. Irrelevant. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com