[116947] in Cypherpunks
Re: FBI Spooks show off new fingerprint system.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sunder)
Tue Aug 24 04:18:16 1999
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:23:28 -0400
From: Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
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To: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
CC: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>, Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>,
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Gee, this does strike an extra Bell today with the Fed Black Bag/bATFuck jobs,
doesn't it?
Lucky Green wrote:
>
> The USG has already outlawed all effective, meaningful means of protecting a
> home from invaders in the absence of the home owner. The means of protecting
> the home in the presence of the home owner are in the process of being
> abolished. This is not coincidental. Law enforcement needs crime. Most
> precisely, in order to grow, law enforcement needs citizens unable to
> protect themselves from criminal activity without assistance by law
> enforcement officers.
>
> [Before somebody asks the questions: no, I don't believe in giant
> conspiracies. I am simply aware of the evolutionary pressures acting on
> entities, such as governments and law enforcement].
So much for non-conspiracies. :)
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