Re: Waco in cyberspace
At 09:53 6/15/94 +0500, Brett Chappell wrote:
Dr. Clinton C. Brooks, the N.S.A.'s lead scientist on the Clipper Chip told me, "You won't have a Waco in Texas, you'll have a Waco in cyberspace. You could have a cult, spaeking to each other through encyrption, that suddenly erupts in society - well programmed, well organized - and then suddenly disappears again."
The folks in Waco hadn't committed any great crime, and would have continued in their secluded existence for quite some time had the ATF not seen fit to provide a catalyst. I suppose that cyberspace, with its potential anonymity and privacy, would be the stuff ATF nightmares are made of.. NO DOORS TO KICK DOWN, and GUNS are PRETTY USELESS in CYBERSPACE!! :-) -Tom =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Thomas Landmann E-mail: landmann@facstaff.wisc.edu DoIT Network Systems Technology Compuserve: 76020,2055 1210 W Dayton Street, Rm 4220 AX.25: N9UDL @ WD9ESU.#SCWI.WI.NOAM Office: 608.263.1650 Home: 608.277.1115 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
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In message <199406151513.KAA01664@audumla.students.wisc.edu>you write:
I suppose that cyberspace, with its potential anonymity and privacy, would be the stuff ATF nightmares are made of.. NO DOORS TO KICK DOWN, and GUNS are PRETTY USELESS in CYBERSPACE!! :-)
I think what really upsets the ATF/FBI is that people sitting at computers simply doesn't make good footage for TV. An agent typing "HALT!! Hit enter and I'll flame you!" just won't cut it on the six o`clock news. No press, no promotion. "Bad cop! No keyboard!"?
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