So, what's it all about?
I went to a UNIX trade show yesterday, and the main speaker was a security type. He talked about "the cypherpunks" among other things. He said you are really scary and dangerous and ... But of course he had to also project this adress (cypherpunks@toad.com) on the screen. So are you really scary and dangerous? What are the cypherpunks? Just curious, -EWM
On Thu, 9 Feb 1995, Eric Merth wrote:
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 18:27:04 -0700 (MST) From: Eric Merth <emerth@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: So, what's it all about?
I went to a UNIX trade show yesterday, and the main speaker was a security type. He talked about "the cypherpunks" among other things. He said you are really scary and dangerous and ... But of course he had to also project this adress (cypherpunks@toad.com) on the screen.
So are you really scary and dangerous? What are the cypherpunks?
Only to totalatarian dictator types who want to control the flow and access to information. Did he cite reasons for our scaryness or just slander us generally?
Just curious,
-EWM
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I went to a UNIX trade show yesterday, and the main speaker was a security type. He talked about "the cypherpunks" among other things. He said you are really scary and dangerous and ... But of course he had to also project this adress (cypherpunks@toad.com) on the screen.
can't imagine he is much of a security stud if he is that deluded. what was his name? josh
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I went to a UNIX trade show yesterday, and the main speaker was a security type. He talked about "the cypherpunks" among other things. He said you are really scary and dangerous and ... But of course he had to also project this adress (cypherpunks@toad.com) on the screen.
can't imagine he is much of a security stud if he is that deluded.
what was his name?
Lance or Vance something. Rottweiler, maybe? Alan Bostick | The nice thing about quotes is that they give abostick@netcom.com | a nodding acquaintance with the originator finger for PGP public key | which is often socially impressive. Key fingerprint: | Kenneth Williams 50 22 FB 46 41 A3 17 9D F7 33 FF E1 4E 1C 89 79 +legal_kludge=off -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.1 iQB1AgUBLzukWOVevBgtmhnpAQGX4gL/bsv8KcRiQcoyl+DolBYDz3/dC6sgvTDK SGXlHo4l9t9g9IALlk4QXTmXehLTiCkVpHOc8VzjGFOi7FQ4oF3yX5TghPObNiKE hxJrzvlYaFecq7yI74IV9mB0SFfodtRn =sbdR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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