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SAFE = Security and Fascism through Escrow

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Wed Sep 24 18:13:04 1997

Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 14:34:35 -0700
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>


As our Big Brothers in D.C. continue to abuse the language by taking SAFE
in a direction 180 degrees from the original intentions, it seems only fair
that we rename the bill the Security and Fascism through Escrow Bill.

--Tim May

The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography
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Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES:   408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA  | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
Higher Power: 2^1398269     | black markets, collapse of governments.
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