Dnia środa, 22 lipca 2015 20:33:33 Juan pisze: > On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:19:38 -0400 > > Steve Kinney <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 07/22/2015 06:03 PM, Juan wrote: > > >> The cypherpunks formed a house of many rooms. The only thing > > >> they all shared was an understanding of the political > > >> significance of cryptography and the willingness to fight for > > >> privacy and unfettered freedom in cyberspace. > > > > > > A flawed understanding it seems. > > > > Oi, group identity in any anarchist-friendly venue can't be > > enforced by any kind of coercive authority, else it is not an > > anarchist-friendly venue. Fighting over the definition of the > > group is only fun until somebody wins. > > Apologies, my last remark wasn't too clear. > > > "understanding of the political significance of cryptography" > > What I meant is that cypherpunks seem to put too much > emphasis on the political benefits and 'significance' of > crypto when in reality crypto doesn't really solve politicals > problems.
There is a world of difference between "A is politically significant" and "A solves political problems". Try religion. Religion is absurdly politically significant, but I wager we can all agree it doesn't really *solve* political problems. -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147
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