[wplug-plan] July's WPLUG GUM - "tin foil hat" edition?

[Justin Smith]

Through conventional means, yes, you’re largely right - you can’t do anything to change 
government policy. Anyone with a lick of sense knows that the major players from both 
parties are bought and paid for.

That’s why you take the initiative to do things on your own. Why, look at this story about 
how the FBI gave up trying to crack TrueCrypt: 
/http://news.techworld.com/security/3228701//[1]

And consider how government officials are starting to talk about Bitcoin. Why? Because 
they fear a monetary supply that they can’t control. They can’t push it to ridiculous levels 
of inflation. There’s no way to freeze Bitcoin assets. If you use the Electrum wallet and 
memorize the seed phrase, you could very well keep your money “in your head” and 
there’s no way anybody would know.

Tough security and plausible deniability can be yours with TrueCrypt and Bitcoin. They’re 
free, open source, and 100% legal. All you need to do is be willing to accept them to regain 
some control over your personal information. Forget asking; you can /be/ the change. 
That’s what this is about.

There’s a new-ish Meetup group[2] for Pittsburgh Bitcoin enthusiasts that meets at the 
start of every month, and I’m going to attend their next meeting on July 3rd. Besides 
getting to spend some quality time with fellow BTC fans, I’d like to see if any of their 
members would be interested in helping to make a presentation on Bitcoin. 

--
*Justin S. Smith*
Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
http://www.wplug.org[3] 

"Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done."
-Linus Torvalds


I think I am completely helpless to do anything about Government policy and practice. I 
just hope that when I am accused of being a Christian, that there is enough evidence to 
convict me.


In the mean time, I crawl under my rock and ignore the news as best I can.


Greg

Sent from Pittsburgh via my iPhone 4

justin at js-wordsmith.com[4]> wrote:



Let me know what you think.

--
*Justin S. Smith*
Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors




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[1] http://news.techworld.com/security/3228701/
[2] http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Bitcoin-Users/
[3] http://www.wplug.org
[4] mailto:justin at js-wordsmith.com
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