-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/22/2016 06:20 PM, Ben 0wned wrote:
I joined this list because i thought it was about technology and security. Wow - this anti-govt shit has got to go. Where i live people disappear offending the wrong person.
This is a list about the intersection of networked computing technology and political power, and per history "anti-gov shit" is on topic here. The Internet is an enabler of social, economic, cultural and political change on a scale comparable to the printing press or broadcast A/V technology. Whether this change moves us in the direction of a global Orwellian State or enables scalable, resilient Direct Democracies will be determined by the outcome of a three way war for control of the medium: State, Corporate and Populist interests are the major combatants, and arming the Populists against State and Corporate actors has been the historical mission of Cypherpunks. Where else will you find people who can describe and discuss: Mathematical Munitions The Crypto Wars Online Anonymity Digital Anarchy Where I live people get propositioned or blackmailed to work as snitches, blacklisted from employment, put on bounty lists offering police officers rewards for /any/ trumped up criminal conviction, and occasionally just get murdered on orders from people positioned to obstruct criminal investigations. Where our lords and masters fail is in their inability to understand the concept "when you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose." At present I am reasonably OK with the content of the list: More technology news & discussion, especially where and as this may enable collaborative work, education, and promotion of useful tools is always a Good Thing. But what makes this Cypherpunks is recognition and discussion of the political context where network security takes place, which in large part defines the assets defended, threat models, and practical goals of network security. If you want to /mortally/ offend the wrong person and live to tell the tale, ask us how. We have the technology. ;o) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXu4VgAAoJEECU6c5Xzmuqp+sH/1QatHonhgOWJ27tlkAryRot vd0SVIEliPhmHW0F7WYC8OaSoI1xDBaOngyIkKw6yThdSXjZtuOTQth/23P3rfla VS1E9/x1fLEBARPXeeHot05a3lNyRFU4p4TGITEuisCmbRlajXcB1vwvWrRVgoHj A53aheDr7pYVziyUv3DjiRovNKA+amecuT0CWXWLgb+lswC9/IF0hQ992nK175dU pALdB8aFHgmeQ+nARsamnYnEKSpoFNTJhitnlxJITKN7Q65qhb7d32/TQWOTfaDU c0nxibEHOGzhomzI3GL0STpv2N+EgAcoPdj6nO/wxWcgakjeKH/OrHs2xpGaruA= =bML5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----