Tim May wrote:
It's all very complicated. And strong crypto, of course, is on the verge of making the risk of getting caught near zero. You know the rest.
I do not think that it is "on the verge", rather, it is there already. I have a business plan. It presumes that I can RECEIVE cash anonymously and operate in a certain city. As far as I understand, a modification of existing protocols allows to implement anonymity of payees. I open a trug trading center at, for example, drugz@anonymous.mailserver.com. Alternatively, I can publish my public key in alt.anonymous.messages. Drug addicts would send me digital cash and specify which drugs they wish to receive, and send me their public keys. I would place their drugs in some random place in that city, and then send them (anonymously) the location of the place so that they can pick it up. I do not see how I can be detected, modulo the security of anonymous remailers. Since my reputation will be based on PGP authentication, I will have an incentive not to cheat. - Igor. P.S. I do not believe that anon remailers provide an adequate security.