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> http://www.wired.com/news/print_version/culture/story/17916.html?wnpg=all
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> When Geeks Inherit the Earth
> by Joyce Slaton
> 
> 3:00 a.m.  15.Feb.99.PST
> A crypto coder is hard at work when one of his biggest fans uses a little social engineering to get past security and, well, express her admiration in a tangible form.
> 
> "Just thinking about what you've done for privacy gives me goosebumps," she coos suggestively, separating the dangerous slit in her skirt and giving the cryptographer a
> flash. "You know what they say about crypto programs -- they have a back door!"
> 
> Is it a post to alt.sex.one-handedtyping? The feverish scribblings of a lonely coder? An expurgated scene from Snow Crash?
> 
> Nope. The salacious geek-speak is dialogue from the world's first cypherpunk porn flick, Cryptic Seduction, screened for the first time at the regular monthly meeting
> of cypherpunks in Oakland, California.
> 
> About 50 cypherpunks and friends joined co-producers Randy French and Mike Horner at the 13 February screening, held at the "clothing-optional" Edgewater West
> adult resort.
> 
> The paranoid plot line follows the adventures of master cypherpunk Bill Dylan (Horner), inventor of an invincible quantum-computing chip tagged the Desdaemona.
> 
> National Security Agency agents are hot on his trail, keeping tabs on his movements and sending a female agent (TJ Hart) to try to charm the chip -- and the pants --
> off Dylan.
> 
> Not only does Cryptic Seduction have a tech-driven plot, it was written, produced, and financed by cypherpunks and is replete with cypherpunk in-jokes. Real-life
> cypherpunks even appear in the film, most notably playing a Japanese businessman who refuses a lapdance at the World Wide Women's Strip Club in favor of Web
> surfing on his laptop.
> 
> A geek-friendly storyline combined with plenty of explicit sex is a guaranteed draw for the techie crowd, and the appreciative atmosphere at Saturday's screening was
> raucous, to say the least. Sounding like an adult version of Mystery Science Theater 3000, the crowd greeted every line of dialogue with geek-speak wisecracks.
> 
> A voluminous money shot extracted a fervent "Buffer overflow!" from the crowd, and a shot of an EFF poster in the background of a sex scene earned a rowdy spate of
> applause.
> Hysterical laughter greeted actor Rosy Rocket's promise to Dylan that she would "suck his secret key out of him," while groans were the response to an audience member
> who commented that Cryptic Seduction's actors were entirely too taut, tanned, and toned.
> 
> "Those asses were not gotten sitting around coding year after year," she giggled. "If only we all looked like that in real life!"
> 
> Cypherpunk and First eCache CEO Steve Schear was just glad to see cypherpunk issues featured in cinema, even satirically.
> 
> "This is a lighthearted way of introducing audiences who know nothing of crypto and privacy to some of the issues," Schear said. "Anything that promotes these issues,
> even in an oblique way, is all right with me."
> 
> Mike Horner, veteran of over 1,000 adult features and 21 years in the adult industry, agreed that Cryptic Seduction is a breezy take on cypherpunk issues but insists that
> the film wasn't made just for a laugh.
> 
> "Most of the humor the audience has gotten out of the film is jokes they're making themselves, not things we wrote in," Horner said. "We made this film for all
> audiences, geeks and mainstream alike. Our movie is totally unique and the interesting thing I see as an adult industry worker is that sex workers and cryptographers share
> many issues around privacy and freedom."
> 
> Co-producer Randy French said he had a simple reason for tackling cypherpunk issues in Cryptic Seduction. "Aren't you supposed to write what you know? I'm a
> cypherpunk, and I wanted to write about issues which are important in my life."
> 
> Adult actress Chantel said her participation in Cryptic Seduction was "really different. I've never worked on a movie with characters who are supposed to be nerds. It
> was a little weird, but fun."
> 
> French just hopes that he's created a film fellow techies will enjoy and rent by the millions. Cryptic Seduction is looking for distribution in the domestic and
> international markets. A companion Web site will be up and running soon.
> 
> "All porn is fantasy," French explained. "The essence of porn is easily-available women. This is the geek version of that, with gorgeous techie girls who not only
> understand crypto technology but are turned on by the technological expertise of these coders. What more could a geek ask for?"
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