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I wonder what led to adding the "Special note to law-enforcement agents" section. A past misunderstanding?

by cauterize 12y ago

eatitraw 12y ago
I think it is a joke. The authors are probably anarchists.
- jessaustin 12y ago
  It's a pun, but that's all. The plain reading of 'We are not talking about eliminating other types of states. We love most states, especially yours! Also, "hash" is another technical term and has nothing to do with cannabis.' does not indicate a serious commitment to anarchism.
- scintill76 12y ago
  Daniel J. Bernstein, who is hosting the page, doesn't seem to be public about his politics, but is probably not an anarchist. Since it's associated with several universities, it is probably just a bit of CYA combined with tongue-in-cheek.
RIMR 12y ago
It's realistic. Most law enforcement officers only have a high-school diploma. It isn't unreasonable to think that they would think that "Eliminate the State" was some kind of anti-american anarchic slogan, or that "Hash" was referring to concentrated marijuana... Cops are a pretty stupid bunch. Not all of them, but quite unfortunately the majority of them...
wahern 12y ago
Previously the U.S. government enjoyed conflating cryptographic algorithms with munitions. See http://cr.yp.to/export/status.html http://cr.yp.to/export/status.html Maybe they were thinking (light heartedly) that a practical post-quantum signature scheme might raise the attention of the government again. So they're giving a shout-out to the legions of governments officials that might find themselves on that page once they whip themselves into a panicked frenzy.
mpyne 12y ago
The page has an anarchist-style logo in the upper left. I suspect that this, in addition to the normal stereotyping of "the authorities" as being clueless with regard to technology, is what led to the jibe.

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I wonder what led to adding the "Special note to law-enforcement agents" section. A past misunderstanding?

by cauterize 12y ago

I wonder what led to adding the "Special note to law-enforcement agents" section. A past misunderstanding?

eatitraw 12y ago
I think it is a joke. The authors are probably anarchists.
- jessaustin 12y ago
  It's a pun, but that's all. The plain reading of 'We are not talking about eliminating other types of states. We love most states, especially yours! Also, "hash" is another technical term and has nothing to do with cannabis.' does not indicate a serious commitment to anarchism.
- scintill76 12y ago
  Daniel J. Bernstein, who is hosting the page, doesn't seem to be public about his politics, but is probably not an anarchist. Since it's associated with several universities, it is probably just a bit of CYA combined with tongue-in-cheek.
RIMR 12y ago
It's realistic. Most law enforcement officers only have a high-school diploma. It isn't unreasonable to think that they would think that "Eliminate the State" was some kind of anti-american anarchic slogan, or that "Hash" was referring to concentrated marijuana... Cops are a pretty stupid bunch. Not all of them, but quite unfortunately the majority of them...
wahern 12y ago
Previously the U.S. government enjoyed conflating cryptographic algorithms with munitions. See http://cr.yp.to/export/status.html http://cr.yp.to/export/status.html Maybe they were thinking (light heartedly) that a practical post-quantum signature scheme might raise the attention of the government again. So they're giving a shout-out to the legions of governments officials that might find themselves on that page once they whip themselves into a panicked frenzy.
mpyne 12y ago
The page has an anarchist-style logo in the upper left. I suspect that this, in addition to the normal stereotyping of "the authorities" as being clueless with regard to technology, is what led to the jibe.