At 02:12 PM 6/2/01 -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote:
>> This is terrible news. It means that any clueless law enforcement
>> person or affiliate can become an instant script kiddie.
>
>Exactly my point. Exellent news.
>
>This is the best motivator that strong crypto/security/anonymity will ever
get.
>I hope that it will be automated to the point where software emulates the pig
>posing as this or that and search warrants are automatically generated. This
>will enable your vanilla illiterate LEA thug to operate it.
>
>Current assumption that laws will somehow protect users of insecure and
>subvertible computers is just plain silly. Cypherpunks are about mathematics,
>not laws.
>
>> We already know how warrants tend to be abused, and that
>> illegally obtained information is often used as a basis for
>> getting a search warrant later. What D.I.R.T. will enable
>
>"illegally" ? Is this a shyster list ? Who gives a fuck ?
>
>
>
>Maybe I should try to explain this in really simple terms:
>
>Exhibit A: T-shirt with words "bulletproof" silk screened onto it.
>
>Exhibit B: military-grade CAT 3 bulletproof vest that may even stop 7.62
from a
>high-power rifle.
>
>Troops enter battlefield dressed mainly in Ex. A, with few in Ex. B.
>
>The next day, everyone has Ex. B wear, and average IQ is much higher.
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