At 07:40 AM 10/25/97 +0000, Tim May wrote:
These are areas where untraceable data havens really shine. My own Blacknet, as an example. If the NAMBLA material were to be periodically sent out via remailers, to Usenet, censorship would be nearly impossible.
And so would traceability and, hence, culpability.
The problem is that this only makes the technological point that censorship is increasingly difficult, not the political point that it's wrong -- that NAMBLA has a right to publish their material. The technological point is worth making, but -- particularly when the information has little inherent value -- I believe the political point is more important. I'd like to avert a society in which unpopular publications exist only by subterfuge. In fact, a technological response may be negative in this case, inspiring calls for greater controls, which, while they may fail to achieve their aim, would make life worse. Anyway -- sign me up, Declan. Paul