[free-sklyarov] An Alternative Line of Argumentation

[David Honig]

At 05:09 PM 7/22/01 -0400, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
>> not going to happen. VPN is a *huge* topic right now, and several
>> carriers strive to offer it to everyone who comes and pays.
>> incidently, VPN outside the carrier network requires encryption. :)
>
>Here is how encryption could be denied to individuals:
>
>You must get a license to run a VPN, or indeed any encryption, and
>licenses are only issued to responsible entities.  Licenses cost $10,000
>for one year, with a small per node fee in addition.
>
>oo--JS.
>

Ok fine, so you use stego to put the messages into baby pictures.

Then they outlaw stego code.  And require you to run a govt monitor program
on your machine in order to connect.

That of course is a full police state, equivalent to a camera in every room.

Welcome to Dark Ages II.

Can we get back to helping this programmer/grad (could be *you*)
and leave cypherpunk dystopias to another list?