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Re: [Cryptography] Email and IM are ideal candidates for mix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Saint-Andre)
Tue Aug 27 21:57:06 2013
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:53:18 -0600
From: Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130827214835.17fd2941@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com>
Cc: "Wendy M. Grossman" <wendyg@pelicancrossing.net>, cryptography@metzdowd.com
Errors-To: cryptography-bounces+crypto.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@metzdowd.com
On 8/27/13 7:48 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:04:22 +0100 "Wendy M. Grossman"
> <wendyg@pelicancrossing.net> wrote:
>> On 08/27/2013 18:34, ianG wrote:
>>> Why do we need the 1980s assumption of being able to send freely
>>> to everyone, anyway?
>>
>> It's clear you're not a journalist or working in any other
>> profession where you actually need to be able to communicate
>> spontaneously with strangers.
>
> Of course, as a reporter, you are probably getting email addresses of
> people to talk to via referral, and that could be used to get past the
> barrier.
And that's how friend-of-friend stuff is happening now (LinkedIn and the
like). In a way the old-fashioned letter of introduction had a lot to
recommend it. :-)
Peter
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