What good is the cypherpunk philosophy?
What good is the cypherpunk philosophy? There are apparently five organized crime families. No doubt the FBI is wiretapping them, but they can't seem to make any headway. The US government has more luck with intercepting low level drug runners, usually those they didn't have specific warrants on. The cypherpunk philosophy can't make public knowledge any more public than it already is. The failure to act is a human failing, not a technological one. The design of systems meant to prevent quick and secure options in a world where every corporation has been breached is human stupidity, clearly. The violation of expectations that online computer systems are authoritative sources of authentication should be more inviolable than it is, though the government may very well have a wanton disregard for social norms. I wonder what would the US government do if there is extensive video evidence that the country's leaders are largely pedophiles. First they would assume the videos are fakes. There is still the issue that most of the videos are apparently unique compared previously seized or circulating materials. Anyway, in ten years, there won't be a need for more than a total of 5 public IPs on the entire internet. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.
On 7/22/19, Ryan Carboni <33389@protonmail.com> wrote:
What good is the cypherpunk philosophy?
The cypherpunk philosophy can't make public knowledge any more public than it already is. The failure to act is a human failing, not a technological one.
Humans tend to wait, then they explode, solving everything in one glorious event, then sit on their ass till repeat.
The design of systems ... quick and secure options
Fabs and hardware must become opensource.
I wonder what would the US government do if there is extensive video evidence that the country's leaders are largely pedophiles.
The same thing they did with the extensive video evidence that they were directly involved in torture and murder post 9/11, and in any other top secret thing in history [1] that was about to get its covers embarrasingly blown off... shred them ASAP. Only a few have kept private copies of such evidences, and they're too afraid of being killed off to come forward with them. [1] Start search with MKULTRA , COLLATERAL MURDER , etc ...
What good is the cypherpunk philosophy?
The cypherpunk philosophy can't make public knowledge any more public than it already is. The failure to act is a human failing, not a technological one.
They effectively can. FOIA requests make public knowledge more public, for example. Marxos
On 7/22/19, \0xDynamite <dreamingforward@gmail.com> wrote:
What good is the cypherpunk philosophy?
The cypherpunk philosophy can't make public knowledge any more public than it already is.
They effectively can. FOIA requests make public knowledge more public, for example.
No, if you had to FOIA it, it by definition was not public knowledge, you had to beg some gatekeepers in power to be gracious enough to bother giving it to you, to consider if it meant anything to them first, etc. Don't confuse "published entire project everything from day one and continually held out in public for all public to read, evaluate, voluntarily continue support of or participation in, debate, etc" with "the public 'paid' for it by foolishly letting govts steal from them to do so, then govt kept secret from them what the public 'owns'".
On 7/22/19 13:42, Ryan Carboni wrote:
The design of systems meant to prevent quick and secure options in a world where every corporation has been breached is human stupidity, clearly. The violation of expectations that online computer systems are authoritative sources of authentication should be more inviolable than it is, though the government may very well have a wanton disregard for social norms.
What systems are these that "prevent quick and secure options"? As far as I know there is nothing stopping things like OpenPGP, OMEMO, and roll-your-own SIP-based services. Remember the posts about NNCP (basically, an Internet- and sneakernet-capable replacement for UUCP with security built-in)? I would like to see and would be willing to help coordinate a large interconnected network based around it (though I still believe it's a legitimate use case to use it for smaller friend-to-friend-type sharing).
I wonder what would the US government do if there is extensive video evidence that the country's leaders are largely pedophiles. First they would assume the videos are fakes. There is still the issue that most of the videos are apparently unique compared previously seized or circulating materials.
It may be a while before it's taken seriously, but remember, Nixon did eventually resign. Some notable Republicans are starting to leave the party after some of DJT's antics. Between this, all the crazy shit DJT has done, and the Mueller report, I think the collapse of the Republican party is at least more likely than not at this point. I just don't know if it will happen before the 2020 election, shortly after, or long after.
Anyway, in ten years, there won't be a need for more than a total of 5 public IPs on the entire internet.
This I have serious doubts about. We would not be spending all this time on IPv6 if this was not the case. -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com> http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com
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