-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Kent Crispin said:
On Sun, Aug 03, 1997 at 12:29:37PM +0100, Adam Back wrote:
Here's the sequence of events as I see it:
1. spammer spams you with adverisement for phone sex line 2. you try to sue phone sex line company 3. phone sex company denies all knowledge 4. government says all email must be authenticated 5. government issues internet drivers license 6. anonymous remailers work around authentication requirement 7. government outlaws remailers
See any flaws in that logical and undesirable sequence of events?
The flaws become apparent if you try to attach a *realistic* probability to each step.
Wasn't the UPS trying to promote some system of authentication (where you pay just as like you purchase postage stamps now) at a trade show of some description in the US this year or late last year? I recall a post on this to this list but can't recall the detail. Anyone recall the details of that post? I know last year the australian post office suggested such a role for themselves and they didn't see it as a voluntary proposal. I haven't heard anything from them lately so maybe it was all just too difficult. - -- .////. .// Charles Senescall apache@bear.apana.org.au o:::::::::/// PGP mail preferred apache@quux.apana.org.au
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