------- Original Message ------- jim bell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> But, because I discovered a few years ago that the 1995 Cypherpunks archive >> had been massively forged, that fact would no longer be apparent to anybody >> who didn't have the accurate archive or at least an excellent memory. > > That’s right.I hadn't yet been born in those years.But this problem is still > going on. This is understandable when the archive of the last few years has > been reviewed.I have a strongest memory, and I can see there's a lot missing. > >> So, I believed and still believe that the Internet is a threat to government. > > The Internet is not a threat to governments, it's a tool they use to gain > “power.” Right now the US has that EARN-IT at being reintroduced in the > legislature. It's an effort to surveillance, track, potentially save all > internet traffic through the US. My first language is Turkish, but I speak > English everywhere.Why?Because there's too much surveillance in my > country.many people were arrested for sharing their thoughts on Twitter or > other platforms. > My dad was under pressure,He was under a lot of pressure just because his > political opinion was different.One of his closest friends was a journalist > and went to Germany as a political refugee.Their only crimes were saying > things that the government didn't like.The government has always used their > Internet records here against people.They wouldn't let people use these > records against the government > > Do you still think the Internet is a threat to governments? > > Surveillance causes changes in people.Clearly, I'm not sure I want to see > this change.
