[109481] in Cypherpunks
Re: Gently nurturing the misguided hacker with baseball bats
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Thu Mar 25 14:38:37 1999
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:17:17 -0800
To: Vin McLellan <vin@shore.net>, Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@ai.mit.edu>,
Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>,
Peter Trei <ptrei@securitydynamics.com>
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
Cc: <dcsb@ai.mit.edu>, <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>, <cryptography@c2.net>,
"Digital Bearer Settlement List" <dbs@philodox.com>
In-Reply-To: <E10PhlA-0007FY-00@siren.shore.net>
Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
At 02:07 AM 3/24/99 -0500, Vin McLellan wrote:
> The executive who issues a contract for such a physical attack would
>seems to be most at risk from his hired vigilantes, or anyone else who could
>finger him and his firm. I'll bet, however, there are spook protocols in
>some CIA manual for getting this sort of business done at arm's length. No
>direct contact. No proof as to the source of funds. The vigilantes would not
>even have to know who they are working for to get the message across with a
>certain air of self-righteousness.
Seems like an effective application for anonymous betting pools.
--Steve
