The Patriot Act was passed 45 days after 9/11. It was the first of many national security laws that expanded the U.S. government’s ability to listen in to the communications of people around the world (including all Americans). In contravention of constitutional rights, presuming guilt rather than innocence, the law turned “regular citizens into suspects,” as the American Civil Liberties Union said. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/09/13/911-and-the-need-for-private-bitcoi... SO as Julio’s Cypherpunks rot down, Dunny Kahn’s Cyberpunks lurch up! Cypherpunk must be so like’ 2003 ’ man. http://www.lair.xent.com/pipermail/fork/2003-July/023219.html