[liberationtech] [cryptography] a Cypherpunks comeback

[Nick]

Looks like you got your wish: 
https://cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2013-July/000011.html

Quoth Ximin Luo:
> +1, especially since we are trying to promote the idea that crypto is *not*
> just for terrorists.
> 
> If you are trying to make the point that "by the govt's definition we are all
> terrorists" then at least say so somewhere clearly and intelligently (i.e. not
> a wall of text that everyone will skip), rather than relying on subtle, uh,
> "higher-level", humour that most of us without a literature degree will not
> understand.
> 
> X
> 
> On 22/07/13 08:41, Adam Back wrote:
> > Could you please get another domain name, that name is just ridiculous.
> > 
> > It might tickle your humour but I guarantee it does not 99% of potential
> > subscribers...
> > 
> > Unless your hidden objective is to drive away potential subscribers.
> > 
> > Adam
> > 
> > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:07:26AM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> >> ----- Forwarded message from "Riad S. Wahby" <rsw at jfet.org> -----
> >>
> >> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:41:25 -0400
> >> From: "Riad S. Wahby" <rsw at jfet.org>
> >> To: cpunks-recipients-suppressed at proton.jfet.org
> >> Subject: a Cypherpunks comeback
> >> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
> >>
> >> tl;dr:
> >> I'm writing to invite you back to the Cypherpunks mailing list. If
> >> you're interested, you can join via
> >>    https://al-qaeda.net/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> In the past couple days I've exchanged emails with John Young and
> >> Eugen Leitl on some brokenness in the Cypherpunks mailing list. This
> >> discussion brought us to a discussion of attempting to resurrect the
> >> list's wetware, as it were, in addition to its software. At Eugen's
> >> request, John dug up a couple Majordomo WHO outputs from about 15 years
> >> ago; I tidied up the lists, and now I'm writing to you.
> >>
> >> So! if you still have an interest in crypto, privacy, and politics, and
> >> if you want to discuss that interest with a bunch of like-minded weirdos
> >> from the aether, you can subscribe yourself via the web interface above
> >> or by sending an email with "subscribe" in the body to
> >> cypherpunks-request at al-qaeda.net.
> >>
> >> (I am aware the provocative choice of domain name may discourage you
> >> somewhat. I can only tell you that I've been running a Cypherpunks list
> >> of some sort from this domain for a bit over a decade, and I haven't yet
> >> been spirited away in a black helicopter. Here's hoping for another
> >> helicopter-free decade.)
> >>
> >> Best regards, and welcome back, preemptively,
> >>
> >> -=rsw
> >> on behalf of jya, eugen, and rsw
> >>
> >> ----- End forwarded message -----
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