At 1:01 PM -0700 6/23/97, Adam Back wrote:
(Thinking of the AA case where the fedz mailed the target a child porn package and kicked the door in seconds after the package hit the door mat, before they even knew their mail had arrived, and busted them for "possession" of child porn.)
"I have a solution." (However, unlike Bell, my solution would not involve the roundabout charade of setting up some kind of betting market--as if the population at large would care about J. Random Narc. Under my solution, the cops who pulled this stunt of sending unsolicited porn and then raiding the house would be given a fair trial and then imprisoned for a lot longer than the Thomases will ultimately be imprisoned.) --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."