Re: why bother signing? (was Re: What email encryption is actually in use?)
There have been episodes of spoofing on this list. If client side encryption just worked, and if what is considerably more difficult, checking the signatures just worked, there would be no bother, hence it would be rational to sign Not just work but opt out is what you are looking for. If there are n posters to the list and m people signing, then their are only n-m spoof targets. As m approaches n, the number of forgeries rapidly approaches zero as there is no one left worth spoofing who can be spoofed. But as each individuals chance of being spoofed approaches zero, the benefit gained by signing also approaches zero. Consequently unless there are additional costs to non-signing above and beyond spoof protection there will always be a substantial number of unsigned messages. -- Julian Assange|If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood or assign them tasks and [EMAIL PROTECTED] |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless [EMAIL PROTECTED] |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery
Re: Random Privacy
This is an old statistical technique. You need to know ahead of time which answer is more likely and have a bias in your randomizer. A classic example: Did you cheat on your wife last year? If you were born between January and September reverse your answer. -- Julian Assange|If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood or assign them tasks and [EMAIL PROTECTED] |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless [EMAIL PROTECTED] |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery
Re: Cypherpunks Europe
L** G*** is a nice man. He wrote that the Cult of the Dead Cow were a bunch of barely literate mindless American teenage delinquents. Ken This statement is surprisingly close to the truth. In top black hat circles CDC people were always viewed as joke. They were loosely tolerated because they claimed to also share this view and were incapable of gaining turf. Their recent attempts at producing something other than publicity for their drinking antics, while noble, is clearly the work of idiot savantism. New recruits may have some hidden qualities, but all the CDC founders are deeply thick. -- Julian Assange|If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood or assign them tasks and [EMAIL PROTECTED] |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless [EMAIL PROTECTED] |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery
Re: overcoming ecash deployment problems (Re: all about transferableoff-line ecash)
Patent's aren't the problem - price of royalty is. If Brands is willing No Patents are a problem. The total future cost, including the costs of all license negotiations and compliance burdens are unpredictable and consequently do not make a wise investment. Futher, companies view patent licenses as assets. The purchase of an untested non-restricted patent license is like buying a house on a fault line subject to a native land claim. At worst it will lose all value. At best you'll be soon be sharing the bathroom. -- Julian Assange|If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood or assign them tasks and [EMAIL PROTECTED] |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless [EMAIL PROTECTED] |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery
