Ray Cromwell wrote:
are making cryptopolicy. Look at the NII proposal and its tracable digicash clause. Someone had to be amending this stuff, and it's not Al Gore.
Let me say a word in defense of Mitch Kapor and Jerry Berman, since they are not here to defend themselves. The EFF believes the government will insist that digital cash be traceable, via the "Digial Cash Forfeiture" proposal. They thus saw no point in fighting this system, it being innevitable, and have been instead helping to make the system more fair and more secure. I hope this clears things up. --Tim Just a joke, before someone gets all worked up. Call me a "one issue voter" if you will, but I think the EFF has given up without a fight on the Digital Telephony battle, and through its "help" made it more palatable to the Congressrodents. Hence, the EFF helped to get it passed (last I heard, earlier today, the House had passed it by voice vote and the Senate was on the verge of taking it up...it may be passed by now). EPIC, CPSR, ACLU, and Shabbir Safdar's "Voters Telecomm Watch" have not shied away from the battle the way the EFF has. I don't know what got into the EFF. Potomac fever? Altitude sickness? --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Cypherpunks list: majordomo@toad.com with body message of only: subscribe cypherpunks. FAQ available at ftp.netcom.com in pub/tcmay