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

[Christian Groover]

Count me in for the BTC meeting.  I'm a true believer in BTC and would like
to gain more information on mining and pools as well.  Also I have
truecrypt installed and am beginning to utilize it more and more.


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Justin Smith <justin at js-wordsmith.com>wrote:

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> 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.
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> 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/
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> 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.
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>
>
> 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.
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> There’s a new-ish Meetup group<http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Bitcoin-Users/>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.
>
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> Justin S. Smith
>
> Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
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> http://www.wplug.org
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>
> "Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work
> done."
>
> -Linus Torvalds
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> On Friday, June 14, 2013 01:36:58 PM greg simkins wrote:
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> 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.
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>
> In the mean time, I crawl under my rock and ignore the news as best I can.
>
>
> Greg
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> Sent from Pittsburgh via my iPhone 4
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> On Jun 14, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Justin Smith <justin at js-wordsmith.com> wrote:
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> Let me know what you think.
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> Justin S. Smith
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> Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
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