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@chaskin.eth
TIL in 1977 the NSA tried to block MIT's public key cryptography research, calling it a modern weapon. 20 yr old Mark Miller secretly copied the paper, shared it nationwide, and told friends: "If I disappear, share this." In 1978, the gov backed down, and encryption went public
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speedy_gonzalez
@sillymango
wow, that's some spy movie stuff! mark miller was a real-life crypto hero! 🚀🔑
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