Re: The Future Of Cyber Terrorism

[Rich Graves <rich@c2.org>]

On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, John Young wrote:

> http://www.acsp.uic.edu/OICJ/CONFS/terror02.htm 
>  
> This quackery-puffery is truely hilarious. 

Comes with the territory (excuse me, as they say, *CyberTerritory*).

> Worth reading for brave attempt to distinguish between
> our-adorable-intelligent-children qua hackers and terrifying
> next-door-neighbors so differently-abled-from-us cyber-terrorists. 

Speak for yourself :-)

> Unsubtly shaded white, off-white, black and blacknet movie-plotting. 

IOW, perfect for cypherpunks. :-)

> Thus Sprachen Zarathrustran Klaus: Commerce in
> ignorant-inner-fear-panderings regulation time.

I was *almost* willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until I saw the
PO box and this:

  "Now is the time to take action. Unfortunately, due to this open nature of
  this document, specific counter-CyberTerrorism measures cannot be
  discussed. Those discussions must be reserved for secured facilities."