From: mkj@october.ducktown.org
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 07:45:25 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Crypto's Role in Evil?
Message-ID: <199510101408.AA00668@october.ducktown.org>
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> > We mustn't forget that, until very recently, strong, widespread
> > privacy has been humanity's "default" condition.
> 
> Not much privacy in village or tribal life.  Even neighborhoods of 
> earlier cities weren't very private.  Neighbors always knew your business.

The point is, strong privacy is readily AVAILABLE even under those
circumstances.  If tribal elders tried to prohibit people from
wandering out of earshot, then you'd have an analogy.

					---  mkj

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