[83089] in Cypherpunks
Liberation Technology
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Unprivileged user)
Sun Jul 13 19:55:47 1997
From: Unprivileged user <nobody@www.video-collage.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:22:31 -0400
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
In-Reply-To: <v03110700afee97582793@[139.167.130.248]>
Reply-To: Unprivileged user <nobody@www.video-collage.com>
To coin a new phrase, and a play on words on the heresy known as
"liberation theology", I was thinking about what cypherpunks and such is
about and it comes down to "Liberation Technology".
Encryption and authentication technology lets me do things regardless of
what government wants. I can communicate and not with who I want to.
But I also thought about some of the original Liberation Technology,
starting with the crossbow (which was banned because "even women could use
them").
Guns are liberation technology and why restrictions on the ownership or
usage parallel crypto and other internet restrictions - When I can
exercise a right by using technology, restricting that technology
restricts that right.
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