The Four Horsemen
Mats Bergstrom
asgaard at sos.sll.se
Sun Dec 11 13:32:38 PST 1994
>From the recent essay "Anarchy" by T.C. May:
The use of encryption by "evil" groups, such as
child pornographers, terrorists, abortionists, abor-
tion protestors, etc., is cited by those who wish to
limit civilian access to crypto tools. We call these the
"Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse", as they are so
often cited as the reason why ordinary citizen-units
of the nation-state are not to have access to crypto.
A problem with the Four Horsemen is the various definitions
currently in use on the Net. Two of them are generally agreed
upon: Drug Dealer and Terrorist. Usually either Pedophile or
Pornographer is the third. The fourth varies the most: Tax
Evader, Spy etc. Abortionist and Abortionist-Killer are new
prospects.
Who were the Original Four? (No, I'm not asking about White,
Red, Black and Pale.)
Mats
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