On the other hand, I feel Mr. Detweiler has gone a little overboard in his attack in what seems to be an attempt to protect the masses from their own stupidity. The simple facts of the matter are, any time you use an anonymous remailer without encryption you run the risk of having your email intercepted. One thing people need to learn is that the world is a risky place and any action you take can have negative consequences. I certainly wouldn't send threats to president@whitehouse.gov expecting Hal's or Julf's remailers to protect me.
Yes. But in this case we are talking about somebody who definitely feels it is OK to check in on other people's messages - but he only admited to it after a very lengthy debate on a.s.a.r, that he did his best to shut down - without replying to accusations of him eavesdropping.
He has threatened more than one person with lawsuits regarding this whole matter. I feel it is really in his best interest for this whole discussion to go away. Why, I can only speculate...
If you are concerned about protecting the masses, write up your own "Remailer Safety FAQ" detailing the benefits and dangers.
I still feel a remailer operator should make his policies known up front. Just like Karl Kleinpaste's "if you do something I consider abuse, I will expose you" policy.
I've released APS-0.3 to the outside world, because I welcome criticism and suggestions. The Wells APS has never been released so far as I know - who knows what the software does? I don't monitor ANY of the messages going out through my APS - I'm too damned busy trying to make a living in the sluggish California economy to worry about who's posting/emailing what... -- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 510/659-9560 anon-0001@khijol.uucp If you want magic, let go of your armor. Magic is so much stronger than steel! -- Richard Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever"