Some quotes from:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/21589.html
>"Windows is compromised!! Microsoft is in bed with the Federal
Government," wrote one poster to a mailing list addressing privacy and
crypto issues.
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Not attributed, but that sounds like cypherpunk WG III.
Unfortunately also these quotes from Russ Cooper, moderator of the
NTBugtraq Windows security resource:
>He said the lion's share of individuals overreacting to the claims are
freedom fighters and privacy advocates. "Unfortunately they have a loud
voice," he said.
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>"I don't think they are representative of the average person, the real
people that populate the Net," he said.
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>"We give away all kinds of things, every day, that sacrifice our privacy.
These privacy advocates, I'd put them in the category of the Michigan
Militia, the Ruby Ridge folks."
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Apparently, according to Cooper, privacy folks are not like "real people".
His comment not only dismissese the seriousness of the immediate issue
(which may or may not prove to be valid ultimately) but he seems to
consider those who raise such questions government intrusion as some form
of crackpot not to be taken seriously (real people shouldn't mind privacy
intrusion).
jay
