From: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 07:24:27 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Cypherpunks" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Explaining crypto to people (was Re: A new Swiss banking novel)
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>> 	..As will the phrase, "cryptography is like a gun...."  Joe User
>> 	won't see authentication as "like a gun" any more than his telephone
>> 	is "like a gun."

It is part of the cultural folklore to believe that  "The pen is mightier than the sword" 

Ciao

jfa

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