From: Shaen Bernhardt <uni@acs.bu.edu> To me its plain that the intent is to regulate crypto. Before then I plan (hope) that PGP finds its way into MANY hands. That's the only real weapon I see. Consider it a safety net to catch us if Tim's REALPOLITIK fails. I hope it doesn't, Tim, I hope not but I'm going to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. I intend to use strong crypto when I like. And to think I got flame mail less than two months ago when I said on alt.security.pgp that I was pissed off because someone put my key on a public server... I bet there's a few other people wishing now they hadn't put their keys in an 'arrest me' list... G
Hooo boy, just got that new _Wired_ (things get to New Mexico rather behind schedule.) What nut came up with that Cypherpunks article?! The TEXT is good, but god those photos. To people like us they are keen. But what happens when 16 yr. old Jamie's mom sees that? What is she to think of all these subversive longhairs with KKK-reminiscent masks, and one of them flashing a nasty-looking dagger? Like I say, to ME it was ok, but viewed with a conservative outsider's eyes, we look positively dangerous. I can't help but think that that article was a PR/memetic misadventure of a HIGH mag- nitude, and could do quite a bit to hurt our cause. What happens when clipper is big enough news to earn a prime time news slot, and they show excerpts of that photo? It is going to scare the living shit out of most people, and they are immediately going to jump on the clipper band wagon. In my never even remotely humble opinion, that article (or photoshoot, anyway) was a Bad Bad Thing. Not that Stanton "Call my BBS for free PGP" McCandlish is known for PR work, but sheesh... -- Testes saxi solidi! ********************** Podex opacus gravedinosus est! Stanton McCandlish, SysOp: Noise in the Void Data Center BBS IndraNet: 369:1/1 FidoNet: 1:301/2 Internet: anton@hydra.unm.edu Snail: 8020 Central SE #405, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108 USA Data phone: +1-505-246-8515 (24hr, 1200-14400 v32bis, N-8-1) Vox phone: +1-505-247-3402 (bps rate varies, depends on if you woke me up...:)
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