"The Bible, for example, can be sent down the wire now, over UDP, and doesn't have to be checksummed, because The Bible is in effect, metadata"

this is a nice writeup, but it reads more like a poem or a stream of consciousness type article. yeah, granted the snowden thing affects us all, but blanket encryption? everyday joe users still doesnt understand pgp, and thats easy. neuromancer is a much more advanced society, with cyborgs, and such, so we're a long way away from any dystopia.

i could be wrong