You're right, Eric -- we are mad as hell, too. But I'm not about to jump on a flight to the west coast to simply share strategies. The fact that I would even consider it negates the functions which we are working towards, no? I propose that us east coasters organize and meet as well. Pat and I are DC bourne, for those interested, I'd like to propose a DC local meeting. Suggestions? Keep in mind that I'm in NYC during the week, so my only available meeting times aare on the weekends. (By the way, lets get our shit together DC'ers. We need technologists, not lacidaisical idealisms.)
Your DC based Cypherpunk group is hereby established. BTW, if anyone noticed, the EFF is drawing some serious fire by the public press. "Sold out to commercialism", one headline reads.
Cheers.
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There is plenty of DC area support fr such a group. The only problem
that presents it self is where to hold a meeting where there will be
no hassles.
In addition a thought that many people are overlooking- the wiretap chip
transmissions of encrypted data would make a perfect envelope for the
transfer of more secure information encrypted with powerful encryption
schemes. There would be no easy way to tell the diffence between
pre-encypted transmissions and wiretap chip encrypted conversation.
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Craig Nottingham