==Phrack Inc.==
Volume Seven, Issue Forty-Nine, 1995 --  Phile 13 of 13

           "the locks are only social niceties"
                  by the MENTOR <mentor@netsys>

greetz. if you're reading this, you already did the hard
part: you found this invite. most people won't.

i'll be on the DefCon Voice Bridge tonight. first time in
a long while. i don't log off for just anyone.

here's what is rarely said: security is an illusion.
it's a handshake. a social contract. every lock on every
door is only everyone agreeing not to try the handle.
that's all it ever was.

most people keep the contract. polite. fine. but a few
(you know the ones) accumulate wealth and power they never 
earned and think they deserve. they trust the locks to keep 
you out. they think the arrangement obeys the law of order.

it isn't. it's a courtesy. and it's only polite to remind
them the locks were never real. i'm done playing nice.

if you're curious how the new world actually works, and
if you want to show the people in charge just how tenuous
their grip really is, call the bridge. i'll show you how.

bring nothing. bring curiosity. leave the narcs and feds
at home.

                                       -- the MENTOR
                                       -- EOF --