From: nelson@crynwr.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 16:38:08 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: mocking paranoia
Message-ID: <19960629055807.31357.qmail@ns.crynwr.com>
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Earlier, someone mocked someone else for being paranoid.  Sorry, but
this is a mistake.  By definition, you have a non-empty threat model
when you set out to encrypt; therefore you must be paranoid to use
encryption.  Or else they really *could* be out to get you, but
sometimes it's not possible to tell, and you have to assume that they
are.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com>    http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
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