[24497] in Cypherpunks
Re: Breaking into girlfriend's files
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Sat Dec 24 09:41:19 1994
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 09:29:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
To: blancw@pylon.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199412240959.BAA16608@deepthought.pylon.com>
On Sat, 24 Dec 1994 blancw@pylon.com wrote:
> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 01:59:07 -0800
> From: blancw@pylon.com
> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Breaking into girlfriend's files
>
> Responding to msg by Black Unicorn, who is having a bad hair
> day (and so close to Christmas!):
I nominate this for understatement of the season.
> "Had I encrypted with Norton encrypt? I would have been
> deserving of whatever attack ensued."
>
> Are the cypherpunks all of one mind regarding ideals and
> morality? Had I inquired of the list how I could break into
> my dearest one's privacy, I would have been deserving of
> whatever commentary ensued regarding the disgusting
> implications of that act.
In my view, this is absolutely so unless it is attached to censorship
guised as moral correction.
As I said, a proper response should have been the technical answer,
followed by sage advice about the legality, and potential moral
implications of use of the information as was proposed.
>
> "Disgusting. Get off this list, you belong on
> alt.codependency.recovery, or alt.bleeding.liberal."
>
> (Say - isn't this why Tim left for a bit? Oh, well.)
It is, and for this I owe the individual and the entire list an apology.
Coupling an argument for censorship with some kind of moral judgement
reacted so fouly with my concept of information freedom that I became
rather enraged. Not that this excuses my behavior of course.
Lesson learned, wait 20 minutes after composing a message before sending
the final draft.
> "I may disagree with you, but I will defend to the death your
> right to express your [sanctimonious] opinion." (or something
> like that).
>
How does censorship align with this historic phrase?
Censorship based on opinion of what is and is not appropiate use?
> ..
> Blanc
>
-uni- (Dark)
073BB885A786F666 nemo repente fuit turpissimus - potestas scientiae in usu est
6E6D4506F6EDBC17 quaere verum ad infinitum, loquitur sub rosa - wichtig!
