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Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?

From:	IN%"[email protected]"  "Black Unicorn" 29-APR-1996 02:21:27.65
To:	IN%"[email protected]"  "jim bell"
CC:	IN%"[email protected]"  "Cypherpunks"
Subj:	RE: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?

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Subject: RE: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?
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On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote:

[...]

>While strong cryptography is powerful, and secure communications
>liberating, unplugging the phones would about cripple that 'weapon' for a
>while.  Any group rebelling based only on high technology communication is
>an extremely vulnerable group, both to widespread denial of service, and
>more specific 'surgical' attacks.  (Motorola stock anyone?)

	Wouldn't that partially depend on:
		A. the level of backups - packet radio as a backup for phones,
for instance... a reason I've been forwarding the stuff on radio to here.
		B. the necessity to the government of keeping what else may
depend on those phones - the economy - going.
	-Allen