[42887] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Crypto Applications we would rather not talk about
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Loofbourrow)
Sat Nov 4 21:02:25 1995
From: Nathan Loofbourrow <loofbour@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 21:00:45 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199511041900.UAA27770@utopia.hacktic.nl>
Name Withheld by Request writes:
> Crypto and Privacy tools protect everyone
> from the hero to the anti-hero...
>
> the technology itself is neutral
Unfortunately, the technology's appearance is distinctly angled toward
the anti-hero. One, because the benefits are more obvious to the
anti-hero; and two, because the abuse of technology gets better press
than its use, particularly in the get-tough-on-crime era.
> The answers are there and have been published
> in most books on tradecraft, 3 person cells organized
> as pyramids.
I've read only fictional accounts about the 3-person cell. Any
pointers to nonfiction material? "Tradecraft" didn't seem to be the
magic keyword in the local card catalog.
nathan
