[44853] in Cypherpunks
Re: The "Future" Fallacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Black Unicorn)
Wed Dec 6 18:22:54 1995
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 18:00:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
To: Ernest Hua <hua@chromatic.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9512061801.AA07656@krypton.chromatic.com>
On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Ernest Hua wrote:
> >
> > I think Duncan was mad at the 'soon.' Why not today?
>
> I think I can answer this question because I was an obnoxious little
> hacker with an Atari 800 when I was a kid. The only thing I did not
> have was a modem and an Internet connection (thus ability to read
> sci.crypt.research etc ...)
[...]
> means, a super-smart person. Therefore, it is not a stretch to
> believe that kids today can perform powerful encryption in the
> privacy of their own homes.
Not a stretch? I'd say it was proven fact two years ago. This, I
believe, was Duncan's point.
[...]
> Ern
>
>
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