From: Al Billings <mimir@io.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 94 03:10:46 PDT
To: Brian Beker <beker@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Latest mention in Wired
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On Mon, 8 Aug 1994, Brian Beker wrote:

> 
> > I noticed in the Sat Pirate article in the latest Wired (which I finally 
> > read this evening), there is a mention of the Cypherpunks in connection 
> > to PGP and opposition to the creation of a Police State. Page 128, I think.
> 
> 
> Who cares.  A mention of WIRED in cypherpunks is far more noteworthy.  
> The lag time inherent in magazine production, particularly a magazine 
> dealing with the expansion of cyberspace, is oxymoronic.  Here, at least 
> there is immediacy combined with no whit of concern for the expectations 
> of readership. Wired isn't even worth reading any more.

Thank you for sharing (not).

There are some people here interested in media references to the 
Cypherpunks. If you aren't, that's your business.