mocking paranoia

[Cerridwyn Llewyellyn]

At 05:58 AM 6/29/96 nelson at crynwr.com wrote:
>Earlier, someone mocked someone else for being paranoid.  Sorry, but
>this is a mistake.  By definition, you have a non-empty threat model
>when you set out to encrypt; therefore you must be paranoid to use
>encryption.  Or else they really *could* be out to get you, but
>sometimes it's not possible to tell, and you have to assume that they
>are.

heh... "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you."