Sandy Sandfort writes:

Mark Chen wrote the follow about the scienter thread:

... Howard Zinn makes the same point in _Declarations of Independence_.... he concludes that law is made not by legislators and judges, but by the policman's club.

But less and less every day. As Duncan and I--the official "Pollyannas of Privacy"--have been telling you, technology is on our side. As it advances, technology continues to shift the balance of power from the State to the individual.

Which is why, even with their exceedingly feeble perception of what these technologies portend, authoritarian structures are thrown into fits of nearly hysterical apoplexy when confronted by Things Crypto.

For my vision of technology in the service of civil liberties, see my upcoming article, "Support Your Digital Police," in the "Idees Fortes" section of December's Wired.

I'm there. - Mark - -- Mark Chen chen@netcom.com 415/329-6913 finger for PGP public key D4 99 54 2A 98 B1 48 0C CF 95 A5 B0 6E E0 1E 1D