From: an44880@anon.penet.fi
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 19:53:21 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: "Internet Security: Your Worst Nightmare"
Message-ID: <9602261133.AA11281@anon.penet.fi>
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  tcmay@got.net writes:
   >> Complete with a picture of Freeman standing in front of an American
   >> flag.
   >
   > I haven't seen this article, but I wouldn't hold the cover photo
   > of Freeman draped in the flag against him....I seem to recall a
   > few Cypherpunks similarly draped in the flag in a magazine
   > article!

Yes, but isn't there a fundamental difference here? Cypherpunks are
pushing for the spread of encryption to enhance our personal
freedom. But when the FBI says that "the real solution is through
better technologies such as encryption," they fail to mention that
they wish to restrict personal freedom through such things as
GAK. This is why it is so ironic that he is draped in the flag. "It's
the FBI: crusaders in defense of the first amendment!"
 

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