[Noisebridge-discuss] deep crack announcement .. tax issue/

[Jacob Appelbaum]

Tom Longson (nym) wrote:
> This is the equivalent to bringing in a cat into the space, certain people,
> justified or not, will stop coming to the space because they feel it will
> cause them problems. Trying to solve those problems beforehand isn't a bad
> thing.

I'm sorry to say that I disagree.

I am allergic to cats and I can't solve that problem easily. I am not
alone in my allergy. I do not believe that bringing a specialized
cryptographic machine into the space is the same as bringing in an
animal. Many people have expressed a similar allergy to mine and the cat
isn't (I would hope) related to a project of any kind. I personally
cannot avoid cat stuff in the air, you can easily avoid running a DES
cracking machine.

As I have previously stated: I have asked the leading legal scholar on
this issue about possible legal issues with Deep Crack. When I hear
back, I'll let everyone know. The single person who is a foreigner in
the space thinks that this response should be enough to satisfy their
concern. I guess we'll see how that goes.

(I'm sad about the cat issue, I wish there was a cure for my allergies.)

Best,
Jake

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