Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by polishdude20 984 days ago
What's the motivation for the secrecy though?
2 comments
TheBlight 984 days ago
It certainly wasn't clear if what they did would be considered legal or not by all locales. And if the project was successful you wouldn't want to make yourself a potential target. There isn't really much advantage to being famous.
link
mortallywounded 984 days ago
The motivation? It clearly has roots somewhere in the cypherpunk crew, which was already obsessed with privacy, secrecy, etc.
link