From: peb@PROCASE.COM
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 12:35:28 PDT
To: tcmay@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Crypto Activism and Respectability
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>From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)

>And note tha the "Hackers Conference" has not changed _their_  name,

Yes, but they are not trying to gain any media attention.  If the CPSR
or EFF is the main media presence, then fine; the role of cypherpunks
is to write code and spread memes.  The only downside I see to this 
approach is that EFF and CPSR are afraid of being critical about
wiretapping in general--that's how their press releases read.  If they 
have a deeper agenda, it doesn't show.

The attention getting name *could* be used for certain kinds of 
media and then branching off with pointers to EFF and CPSR would
be a good strategy.


Paul E. Baclace
peb@procase.com