Nate writes:
A while back someone posted a message about being immune to having property, etc taken in law suits. Imagine if all your money (or nearly all) was tied up in anonymous accounts and that all your property was owned by digital pseudonyms (from whom you rented the property). This would be a nice defense if you were scared that the government (in protecting National Security, of course) would take all your posessions and make life a living hell for you and your family.
I think you are being dangerously naive if you think that such actions would prevent someone (not necessarily the government, btw) from making your life a living hell. If you are a parent, for example, think what an accusation of child abuse might do. Do not be so quick to assume that these wonderful and interesting techniques we discuss will solve long-standing problems. Most likely, they will merely solve new problems (ie: the increased ability of third parties to intercept communications) that are created by the very technologies that make the solutions possible. Best R