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Re:Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again? by treebeard901 on Friday March 11, 2016 @07:05PM (#11270524)
Is there another example where math has been made illegal?
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Re:Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again? by programmarchy on Friday March 11, 2016 @10:47PM (#11271308)
Yup, whenever it threatens the power of the priesthood / bureaucracy. The Roman Catholic Inquisition condemning Galileo for heliocentrism comes to mind.
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Re:Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again? by drdeca on Saturday March 12, 2016 @03:04AM (#11271795)
Recently I heard that this was more based on /how/ he went about talking about it, more than just that he claimed it.
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