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From: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
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Subject: recommended reading
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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 14:21:14 -0700 (PDT)
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I've been reading the current issue of WIRED (2.06, June 1994), and boy, 
is it *yummy*. Lessee, there's articles on: alt.sex.bondage, Biosphere's 
attempts to go paperless, anonymous remailers (online), a hilarious 
summation of postmodern french people by r.u. sirius (that mondo 2000 
guy), wiring Africa, Nine Principles for Making Virtual Communities Work, 
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the guy who shot up the EDD office in 
Ventura CA... it just goes on and on. (My new coworker, Edgar, worked 
there and sez the management at Wired magazine is starting to behave 
like, well, management. ANYway...)

My flavorite article is by Stewart A. Baker, who happens to be chief 
counsel of the National Security Council. It's called "Don't Worry Be 
Happy-- Why Clipper Is Good For You." (No, really!) It's a coup, a 
triumph, a tour de farce. I laughed, I cried, I screamed. He's a very 
funny man. A couple pert quotes below, but you really gotta see it to be 
there, so to shriek...

On encryption as a guarantor of liberty, "This sort of reasoning [keep 
'em all out of my mail] is the long-delayed revenge of people who 
couldn't go to Woodstock because they had too much trig homework. It 
reflects a wide-- and kind of endearing-- streak of romantic high-tech 
anarchism that crops up throughout the computer world."
(makes him the Dow chemical salesman, now don't it?)

He goes on to say, "We can't afford as a society to protect pedophiles 
and criminals today just to keep alive the far-fetched notion that some 
future tyrant will be brought down by guerrillas wearing bandoleers and 
pocket protectors and sending PGP-encrypted messages to each other across 
cyberspace." 
(I suspect that's what *already* happened, personally!)

Perhaps my favorite quote (cuz I *love* it when people tell the truth, 
even alleged people like Mr. Baker) goes like this: "As encryption 
technology gets cheaper and more common, though, we face the real 
prospect that the federal government's own research, its own standards, 
its own purchases will help create the future I described earlier-- one 
in which criminals use ubiquitous encryption to hide their activities. 
How can anyone expect the standard-setting arms of government to use 
their power to destroy the capabilities of law enforcement-- especially 
at a time when the threat of crime and terror seems to be rising 
dramatically."
As with the above quote, replace the word 
"criminal" with any other hot-button word-- "homosexuals" or 
"revolutionaries" come to mind. "seems to be rising" is pretty rich, too. 
(Yes they've made it seem that way on teevee, alright!) Also, try 
"standard-setting arms of government" in various, provocative context 
sauces. I could go on and on, but chew this one yerself. There's a grand
 prize in that there quote...

One more, then I leave it to you to check out, comrades. "It should come 
as no surprise, therefore, that NSA had the know-how to develop an 
encryption technique that provides users greater security without 
compromising law enforcement access. To say that NSA shouldn't be 
involved in this issue is to say the government should try to solve this 
difficult technical and social problem with both hands tied behind its 
back." 
Like I said, I love this guy! Nsa as the hands of government...
Also, why is it that only police are worried about law enforcement 
access? We're apparently organized enough that even *they* are having to 
come out of their closets (in the basement of the White House) and *show 
their faces* to protect *their* interests. (The picture of Stewart B. in 
WIRED has him standing at a gate in front of the White House, a 
decorative motif reminiscent of jail bars...)

ANYway, we have the EFF to thank for the service (as well as the workers 
at wired). They're in here, too. One pert quote, cuz I gotta go check the 
snail-mail: "The end is to reverse-engineer government, to hack politics 
down to its component parts and fix it." --Joshua Quittner, on the EFF

Dontcha love it? even though, of course, my ever-humble opinion maintains 
that it's beyond repair. Still, I like the idea of taking it apart. No, 
really!

Meanwhile, well, I'm never going back to Ludditism!
In Solidarity,
--Deke 

From deke@wps.com Tue Jun  7 22:32:53 1994
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From: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
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Subject: *also*
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Another fresh idea from my favorite spook, Stewart A. Baker, chief 
counsel for the secret govt, er, NSA:

"What if a company supplies unreadable encryption to all its employees, 
and a couple of them use it to steal from customers or to encrypt 
customer data and hold it hostage?"

I guess that, cute as he is, things just wouldn't work out between me and 
Stewart. He holds such a dim view of the working class... 

In Solidarity,
--Deke


From deke Thu Jun  9 21:14:59 1994
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Yeah, I'm sorry I missed the meeting too. But, I finally connected with 
some local comrades of mine I hadn't seen around, and that was good. 
Also, got some clinic defense flyers out there too. So, outreach is going 
well... I will be at next weeks' meeting (unforseen circumstances 
notwithstanding).

Oh yeah-- I can help out on Sat. in the *morning*. (Duh, Deke) Thanx for 
reminding me! Boy, are things getting hectic-- is it summertime or *what*?
ANYway, I look forward to chatting with you then...

Also-- of the four responses I've gotten back on forwarding, three are 
"cool" and one's "not my addr." So, I'll strip headers off group 
mailings, but leave headers on forwardables I get from individuals. 
Either way, forwarding puts my name/eddress atop it, and I'll route any 
responses back into BACORRnet :-) (doesn't that sound H*O*T??? 
BACORRnet...) You know, *work!* this net, gurl... ooooh, go on! (Yes, 
it's queer month in Kook City...)

I'll send along an example; feedback would be nize...

Stay FABulous, as I remain
in Solidarity True,
--Deke


From deke@wps.com Wed Jun 29 17:59:42 1994
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From: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
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Subject: Revolutionary Greetings
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Dear Friends, Fellow Workers and Comrades All--

Revolutionary greetings to you on this, the 125th birthday of Emma 
Goldman. Being that her birthday is five days after that of Albert 
Parsons (June 24th, 1848 C.E.) and three days after that of the 
Industrial Workers of the World (June 27th, 1905 C.E.), well, I just 
couldn't help but get excited at all these sexy dates! 

I hope this message finds you well, too.

May all your revolutions flourish!

In Solidarity, I remain
Yours for the Revolution
--Deke Nihilson
S.F. IWW/WSA/L&R R@F
and oh, so much more...
 

