It's worth pondering what demonization and criminalization
may evolve from close study of the early Cypherpunk archives
made availalble a few days ago by Ralph Seberry :
http://lanesbry.com/cypherpunks
After a fews days of reading those remarkable exchanges, it would
be a surprise if they are not already being assessed for explanations
of what makes the Net so threatening. And now that many of the
writers have gone on to deeply embed themselves in society to
carry out their takeover schemes, why it is the duty of every law-abiding
person to expose these Mitnick moles. Here are the names, get
plumbing on Deja
Declan's report today on the soon to be released recommendation
to legislate controls on Net anonymity could be a harbinger to
attack many of the Cypherpunk inventions and proposals. Or even
to mount a campaign to root out all vestiges of, if not cypherpunkism,
then cryptoanarchy.
The history of the rise of virulent anti-whatever frightens the populace,
and its usefulness to centrists to attack any kind of anti-authoritarianism,
should remind how handy it would be to plumb the cpunk archives to
devise a comprehensive campaign for criminalizing a new generation
of disagreeables who dare to dream of overthrowing the status quo.
What is surprising, in reviewing the cpunk archives, is the tranformation
of some into Shimomuras, no doubt, as with him, due to the allure of
being the best, rather being told that by crafty recruiters like Markoff --
or did Shimomura's employers recruit The Times.
