[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg099...
As for PGP, Phil Zimmerman was even clearer in his intentions [2]:
[2] http://www.pgpi.org/doc/whypgp/en/
Technology is a response to politics as well as a catalyst for political change. To attempt to "de-politify" technology as a matter of course is like castrating a prize bull.
[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg099...
As for PGP, Phil Zimmerman was even clearer in his intentions [2]:
[2] http://www.pgpi.org/doc/whypgp/en/
Technology is a response to politics as well as a catalyst for political change. To attempt to "de-politify" technology as a matter of course is like castrating a prize bull.