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From: | John Wiegley |
Subject: | Re: The importance of secrecy |
Date: | Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:45:48 -0700 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (darwin) |
>>>>> "SM" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes: SM> BTW, I think using "porn" as a humorous justification for secrecy is SM> detrimental since it promotes the view that secrecy is only used for SM> objectionable activities, along the lines of "I don't need secrecy because SM> I have nothing to hide". Indeed. As someone whose wife's friends in Iran are actually being imprisoned on religious groups, the ability to promote education and other activities deemed "subversive" by the current regime depends entirely on one's ability to maintain private communications. This is what I think about when these issues come up. -- John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F http://newartisans.com 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2
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