[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: crypto anarchy
>
> Yes, this is so. The problem however is not just that PGP is difficult.
> The entire UseNet/Internet experience is too difficult for the average
> person, who probably doesn't even know which end of a diskette to insert
> first. The media conglomerates will bring a filtered and [surprise!]
> TV-like version of the net to households and offices, that will be simple
> and easy, point and shoot. Useless, censored, commercialized to the
> point of saturation. I don't see any room for privacy in a network
> like that. *That's* what we're up against.
>
The candy-like "family oriented" overcommercialized network is already
here, known as Prodigy. Those guys will bounce your email if you say
"I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale" (implying gullibility) for posting
commercially. My subscription to those losers didn't last two months.
Last that I heard, Prodigy was losing money, hope they go broke.
> Sure, no one can afford to write cypherpunks code full time, but what can
> be done should be done, and hopefully people will collaborate more. Every
> tool that makes it easier to integrate is a step in the right direction.
> The various scripts and utils that people have come up with for PGP use
> on "the" net, GenMSG for Fido mail, the menu/shell programs, it's all a
> step in the right direction.
>
Agreed. So far as I know, there are a few commercial services that don't
censor their customers and aren't afraid to let them have full access to
the Internet, such as the WELL and Colorado Supernet.
Doug
| Doug Holland | Proud member of:
| [email protected] | Mathematicians Against Drunk Deriving
| Finger for PGP 2.2 key |