Well said! And well written. Thanks, Zenaan On 9/2/14, John Young <jya@pipeline.com> wrote:
Anxiety and fears about loss of privacy through surreptitious and ubiquitous technology, with concomintant rise of advocates of defenses, parallels the age-old scam of the devil inside humans attacking faith in god(s) requiring constant remediation by religion, in particular by buying into costly, elaborate edifices, ceremonies, couture, sermons, damnations, excommunications, informants, behavior police, burning of witches, celebrations of saints. Remind of the crypto wars still raging?
Comsec might be seen as a cult of fetishistic technology, crypto its sacred text of salvation and protection from demons forever being publicized by the preachers of how to hide your sins from the sin spies, the main sin being apostasy about national security armed to the max with weapons of mass punishment of disbelievers of of one's own faith against that of competitors, especially competitiors setting up subversive storefronts of alternative faiths.
Worse of all, the crypto-rebels writing their own code of sin and salvation, defying authorities, seducing youngsters, leaking secrets of the official corruption, mocking official old gods in favor or new ones home-brewed on the electronic frontier.
Snake oil is as old as snakes whispering to naked apes once happy copulating without devils or gods hurling sand into the amply lubricated in and out to make new copulants free of imaginary fears and anxieties that pleasure is bad, don't seek it without permission, don't do it unless paid in advance, don't dream of it or the devil wins, don't self-satisfy or narcissism destroys. Right here are some helpful aids to control your urges by allowing experts to tell you what's right and wrong. You will need this protection inside and outside, everywhere, all the time. Let us pray. Your wallet please.