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[Karl]

On 10/14/21, professor rat <pro2rat at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> With increasingly negative respect this sort of purely technical post
> belongs at Coderpunks.
>
> You either don't know this and are provably too stupid to be an anarchist or
> you are spamming this list - a capital crime.
>
> You've been warned.

This happens a lot in targeted communities.

A saving concept is that harm is defined by what it harms.  When that
thing it harms is gone, what is the harm?

In reality, there are a lot of decades-old communities staffed by the
people who took them down, sticking around and engaging the people who
still manage to stumble onto them.

Not sure how that works.

It's nice to find the flag flying, but it can be confusing that the
person holding it is badmouthing it.

Here's a draft:

> The online cryptography communities of the turn of the millenium were all filled by people
> who spent their lives inside computers.  These people could solve information security
> puzzles in their heads the likes of which others needed classified clearance to learn about.
>
> Anybody can be these people.  It's not that you're special: it's that you question things
> and do them on your own.  Look at how your systems work.  Take them apart.  Read
> up on why they work.  And don't trust any of it: you can do better than these things
> mainstream technology has tried to foist onto your lap, and the limits they have arbitrarily
> placed on them.  Show the world you can make things that are real and can keep yourself
> safe while doing so, and cypherpunks will grow in your area.
>
> Stay anonymous so you don't get hurt.
>
> Find censorship resistance to find others.