From: collins@newton.apple.com (Scott Collins)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 94 13:28:12 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Why only public-key crypto?
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  >I find this to be a strange statement.  Do we have no interest
  >in non-public key methods?  Seems the Cypherpunks should have
  >an interest in all forms of crypto.

It's not so strange.  Cypherpunks are trying to bring about social changes,
not primarily technological ones.  Crypto is here, and we want to change
our culture in a way where, through strong crypto, privacy becomes the norm
rather than the exception.

With this goal in mind, public-key systems are vastly more interesting
because they are the `social' solutions.


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