On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 03:19:17AM -0000, Dr. Evil wrote:
It seems highly likely that there will be an effort to stop net anonymity, which will basicly means KYC for ISPs.
I would have predicted that on the evening of Sep. 11. I've documented Freeh's calls in the past for just this. I was concerned enough about this prospect years ago that I convinced some nonprofit groups to include "protect Net anonymity" in their annual handbooks that go to congresscritters. But it hasn't happened in Congress yet, and now's a pretty good time to get this stuff through. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Senate is preparing to vote as early as Thurs morning on their USA Act (text at leahy.senate.gov), and the amendments being proposed by Feingold are decent but pretty weak. I'll probably put up the text at wartimeliberty.com soonish. -Declan