Exporting crypto from Japan

William H. Geiger III whgiii at invweb.net
Tue Nov 18 04:47:04 PST 1997



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In <199711180715.IAA13188 at basement.replay.com>, on 11/18/97 
   at 08:15 AM, Anonymous <nobody at REPLAY.COM> said:

>Adam Back writes:

>> I am pleased that you are discussing with us crypto politics in
>> Japan... we have few contributors from Japan in the past.

>Yeah, surprising, isn't it, considering how open and welcoming the
>cypherpunks have been to foreigners and minority races...

>Actually Adam Back should be nominated for cypherpunk of the year. Unlike
>a blowhard do-nothing like Timothy "Chop-chop" May (and now we know what
>the C stands for, don't we?), Adam actually accomplishes things. His
>3-line RSA has dramatized the absurdity of the export controls like
>nothing else.  He built a working prototype of an eternity server while
>everybody else just talked about it.  He's been a leader in the fight to
>oppose PGP GAKware.  He has strong political views but is not motivated
>by hatred and fear.

>Adam doesn't get nearly the respect he deserves, probably because he's
>not much of a wordsmith.  Tim May's sophistry is good enough to pull the
>wool over most people's eyes.  But look deeper and you'll see that Adam's
>heart is pure.  That's worth far more than May's skill at artfully
>wrapping his garbage.

So when is the marriage planed??

Are you and Adam registered at Harrod's so I can send a gift?


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