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RE: Scott McNealy - remarks on privacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (xasper8d@lobo.net)
Wed Jan 27 18:48:18 1999
From: "X" <xasper8d@lobo.net>
To: "Peter Capelli" <pcapelli@nsec.net>, <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:43:51 -0700
In-Reply-To: <C1F6DED8104CD211A14A00A024BC1FAEA9E5@test.nsec.net>
Reply-To: "X" <xasper8d@lobo.net>
IIRC it was Helms.
X
~> -----Original Message-----
~> From: owner-cypherpunks@minder.net
~> [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@minder.net]On Behalf Of Peter Capelli
~> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 2:41 PM
~> To: 'cypherpunks@toad.com'
~> Subject: RE: Scott McNealy - remarks on privacy
~>
~>
~> "Genie is out of the bottle" = observation
~> "Get over it" = endorsement
~> "Anonymous" = brown noser. Someday if you're lucky, you can kiss his
~> ass in person.
~>
~>
~> ps. Wasn't there a rather well known politician who recently remarked
~> that if a woman were to be raped, she should just "lay back and enjoy
~> it"?
~>
~> -----Original Message-----
~> From: owner-cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
~> [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@cyberpass.net]On Behalf Of Anonymous
~> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 2:34 PM
~> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
~> Subject: Scott McNealy - remarks on privacy
~>
~>
~> This is being sent anonymously because I am a Sun employee.
~> What Scott likely meant by his comment is that the modern world
~> is such that there is no privacy in reality (not that he doesn't
~> support privacy).
~>
~> Scott has been outspoken on the encryption issue against the
~> United States Government and has told them that the encryption
~> genie is out of the bottle and to "get over it."
~>
~> The same thing was meant by his comment about privacy generally.
~> There are so many ways to get information on someone, that the
~> reality whether we like it or not is that privacy is an illusion,
~> especially as against the United States government.
~>
~> In summary, "Scooter" (McNealy) is 100% correct in his
~> observation. an observation about reality is not an endorsement!
~>
~> Someday, if I am lucky I'll get to work with someone of his
~> caliber.
~>
~> Anonymously at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
~> A great company and an even greater CEO.
~>
~>
