[43330] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Crypto Applications we would rather not talk about
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David J. Bianco)
Mon Nov 13 12:51:49 1995
From: "David J. Bianco" <bianco@itribe.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:37:43 -0500
In-Reply-To: tien@well.sf.ca.us (Lee Tien)
"Re: The Crypto Applications we would rather not talk about" (Nov 13, 9:21)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
On Nov 13, 9:21, Lee Tien sent the following to the NSA's mail archives:
> Subject: Re: The Crypto Applications we would rather not talk about
||
|| Actually, the NYT Magazine did a cover story on pot growing within the last
|| year, and toward the end one of the Americans doing grow rooms in Holland
|| said specifically that he was looking toward anonymous electronic
|| communications as a way to control his grow rooms remotely and securely.
||
If the story were about how pot growers used locks on their doors to
keep people out, I doubt very many people would care. The mere fact
that a computer is involved in some way turns on the hype buttons of many
journalists who would otherwise find the story unremarkable.
David
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