On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, Richard K. Moore wrote:
velocity from terrestial anachronisms. While Barlow's critics, it seems, demolished _that_ thesis as wishful thinking, there's a parallel thesis that may actually be true: that _corporate environments_ have achieved escape velocity from civil jurisdiction, and now live in a world where rules & ethics are relative only to corporate culture, and "parochial" national laws are to be quietly ignored, knowing there's a highly-paid legal staff to deal with occasional embarrasments.
I believe in this parallel thesis. As was reported from the dec -95 OECD meeting in Paris:
The statement from SHELL International is interesting. They can accept 'a trustworthy international key escrow infrastructure based on X.509 certificates' but they also need to 'protect their assets against Government intelligence gathering, organised crime, civil unrest and data privacy legislation obligations'.
Asgaard