At 02:39 PM 10/7/98 -0500, Steve Bryan wrote:
David Honig wrote:
I'd guess that the Export control puppets know that the Web-TV hubs will be subpoena-able by the US even in these other "sovereign" nations. The WebTV centralized infrastructure makes this easy.
This announcement seems to be getting a lot of this sort of reaction but I don't see quite why the news is greeted with such animosity. If a duly authorized search warrant is required in order to obtain information that represents a potential world of difference from having unrestricted ability to monitor all communications.
Steve Bryan
The announcement would be a lot better if foreigners were "permitted" strong disk encryption; or if foreigners were "permitted" the high grade anonymity that packet routing can provide. Do you think the US would allow strong crypto WebTV for foreigners if the foreigners had secure links to an equivalent, independent, foreign WebTV service whose assets were not readily seized, whose techs were not easily made into Agents, whose officers were not readily kidnappable by the USDoJ, etc. Just think of the cookie recipes the infidels would be circulating.. I really doubt Osama subscribes to WebTV. :-)