I said (something like) this when Haystack first appeared on this list...
Words "dissidents" and "oppressive regimes" have no place in serious discussions among cryptographers. Once we start assigning ethical categorizations to those that protect and those that attack (data files, communications channels, etc.) we are watering the garden in which the weeds like Haystack flourish. Marko R. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com