From: ferguson@fiber.sprintlink.net (Paul Ferguson x2044)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 16:47:53 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Digital warfare
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On Fri, 10 Sep 93 14:35:02 PDT,
 <uunet!netcom.com!tcmay> Timothy C. May wrote -
 
> An investigator called this type of crime the wave of the
> future, and said something to the effect that "chips will
> be the coke of the 90s." Also talk of black markets and
> how computer networks are being used to coordinate things.
 
> So, if you see folks using BlackNet for advertising Intel
> chips....
 
 That's an interesting point (images of "Wild Palms" conjured).
 This _is_ the wave of the future, as Tim implies, and it's
 unfortunate that instances such as this (segway) tarnishes what
 it is that I think many of us are trying to espouse in the
 cypherpunk movement.

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