Destroying government computers

[privacy.at Anonymous Remailer]

We must not wait while dangers gather. They are either with us 
on computer security, or they are with the terrorists. We know 
they have these weapons for mass communications destruction and 
disruption and they have used them before. Preemptive actions 
are insufficient. Preventive actions are a right of self-
defense. Isn't that the current world view legitimized by the US 
government? We don't sit still when a would-be attacker moves 
toward the cockpit, and there is no need to sit still waiting 
for our BIOS to be overwritten with nulls. Taking away offensive 
capabilities when potential attackers enter the concourse or 
trespass upon the chattel of our computers seems only reasonable 
and fully supportive of national security and public policy. 
Since we can't know whether it is our friends and heroic 
protectors, or terrorists, who are trying to destroy our 
communications, kill all the dangerous, evil machines that 
connect and let God sort them out.

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 01:07:49 -0400, you wrote:
>
> The chairman of the Senate Judiciary  Committee said yesterday he favors developing new technology to remotely  destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet.
>
> Well, even if they COULD develope such a technology, wouldn't it only work for about a day or two before a patch was made to block it? Sounds awfully Dilbert-like. Methinks Mr Hatch is not a very bright man.
>
> If Orrin Hatch proposes such a thing, we can propose technologies which
> identify those from .gov or .mil or other Congress/Gov't. domains and  send lethal viruses and suchlike back to them to destroy their machines  if they illegally connect to our machines.
>
> Why wait? And of course, such an act would be our patriotic duty, because if we didn't, then The Terrorists certainly would when we were least prepared for it.
>
> -TD
>
>
>
> From: Tim May <timcmay at got.net>
> To: cypherpunks at lne.com
> Subject: Destroying government computers
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:16:57 -0700
>
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/business/ news_1b18hatch.html
> >
> > June 18, 2003, WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary
> Committee
> > said yesterday he favors developing new technology to remotely  destroy the
> > computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet.
> >
> > "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines.  If
> you
> > have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize"  the
> > seriousness of their actions, he said.
>
>
> If Orrin Hatch proposes such a thing, we can propose technologies which
> identify those from .gov or .mil or other Congress/Gov't. domains and  send lethal viruses and suchlike back to them to destroy their machines  if they illegally connect to our machines.
>
> (A simple warning that government stooges, lawyers, judges, clerks, and
> any GS-xx employees are not allowed to connect should suffice. After  that, if they connect, fuck their machines dead.)
>
>
> --Tim May
> "Ben Franklin warned us that those who would trade liberty for a little
> bit of temporary security deserve neither. This is the path we are now
> racing down, with American flags fluttering."-- Tim May, on events
> following 9/11/2001
>
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