From: Johnathan Corgan <jcorgan@netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 94 08:35:09 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: RE: cypher bickering
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>In the paper world, I send out many things that I don't sign.  I
>don't sign them because it is of no significance that it be proven that I sent
>it.  It also might be that the information is of such a general nature that it
>makes no neverminds who sent it.  I submit that digital signatures are the same
>way.

While I agree with this, there is another, more practical reason to use
cryptography for everyday, non-sensitive material.  This may seem trivial
to some.

The more we are in the practice and *habit* of using cryptography for both
privacy and authentication, the more *prepared* we are when we unexpectedly 
find ourselves in situations that *require* cryptography.

YMMV.

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