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> 30 years ago was before the Internet became commonly available, and there was not a lot of talk about CSAM. Cypherpunk FAQ dated 1994-09-10 had: > 8.3.4. "H
by throw0101a 3y ago
> 30 years ago was before the Internet became commonly available, and there was not a lot of talk about CSAM.
Cypherpunk FAQ dated 1994-09-10 had:
> 8.3.4. "How will privacy and anonymity be attacked?" [...]
> like so many other "computer hacker" items, as a tool for the "Four Horsemen": drug-dealers, money-launderers, terrorists, and pedophiles.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...
The 'Four Horsemen' term was coined in 1988. So yes, it was being talked about thirty years ago.
Some of us witnessed the (first?) Crypto Wars of the 1990s:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars