an ominous comment

[jim bell]

  From: Juan <juan.g71 at gmail.com>

   
On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:19:38 -0400
Steve Kinney <admin at pilobilus.net> wrote:

>> On 07/22/2015 06:03 PM, Juan wrote:
>> 
>> >> The cypherpunks formed a house of many rooms. The only thing
>> >> they all shared was an understanding of the political 
> >> significance of cryptography and the willingness to fight for
>> >> privacy and unfettered freedom in cyberspace.
> >> 
> >> A flawed understanding it seems.
> 
>> Oi, group identity in any anarchist-friendly venue can't be
>> enforced by any kind of coercive authority, else it is not an
>> anarchist-friendly venue.  Fighting over the definition of the
>> group is only fun until somebody wins.

>   What I meant is that cypherpunks seem to put too much
>   emphasis on the political benefits and 'significance' of
>   crypto when in reality crypto doesn't really solve political
>    problems. 


Not yet, anyway.        Jim Bell
        



  
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