Drugs, Sex, R&R and the Net

[Mike Brehm]

>The FBI,
>IRS, DEA, BATF, and your local PD will prevail in the end. I'm not even
>going to feel let down, because I can see it coming.
>
IMO, BULLSHIT. It's too easy for me to carry around an *entire* UNIX system
on my laptop and go to Radio Shack to purchase rudimentary equipment to tap
into phone lines. And out here in the west, there's just way *too many* empty
miles of land for 'Them' to patrol, and I can go out there, tap into Their
lines and make whatever I want available. Oh I may get caught sooner or
later, but ya just need to be smart (of course, I'm violating that rule
right now by mentioning this, but what the hey...)

>It's the World Wide Web that IMHO is responsible for the inevitable
>crackdown. It's too flashy. In fact, it will be a flash in the pan
>in my opinion. Sort of like AI in 80s or any number of other boom/bust
>fads we all have witnessed over and over again.
>
Nah...people have already been conditioned through TV exposure to sit
in front of blue-glowing tubes for hours on end. AS the Web gets better
& better, it'll just suck in more & more of 'em.

>central HB rule. Draws too much attention to itself. 
>
Well, sometimes the best place to hide is right in front of their noses...

>I favor staying as inconspicuous as possible.
>
I agree.

>Unfortunately, strong crypto is what Big Brother will go after
>next. Also, it will be awkward to apply crypto to a list.
>It could be done, though, if things got desperate. A whole lot of
>new software would have to be written.
>
Big Bro can't really stop strong crypto, cause the math/methods are pretty
straightforward, and easy to implement. S/W changes would be relatively minor,
IMO.