At 10:58 AM -0400 9/15/00, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
I wonder what this does to Zero Knowledge Systems? ... At 3:52 AM -0700 on 9/15/00, GigaLaw.com wrote:
Canadian Ruling Could Unmask Anonymous E-mailers Canadian e-mailers can no longer hide behind a cloak of anonymity if reasonable grounds exist to show they've distributed defamatory statements over the Internet. The change in Canadian law came after a landmark court ruling this week when an Ontario Superior Court Justice ordered Internet service provider iPRIMUS Inc. of Toronto to reveal the identity of an anonymous e-mailer.
It's what many of us predicted (in writing, here) when it was announced that ZKS would locate in Canada because of (or influenced by) Canada's supposedly freeer policies on encryption. I wrote at the time, as others did, that Canada's supposedly "free export policy" was likely temporary and was more of a "show of independence" against what they perceived to be U.S. control and influence. Fact is, as we wrote at the time, Canada lacks a solid constitution for protection of basic liberties. Sure, defenders will scurry to point out, Canada now _has_ a charter/constitution. But it has not been the bedrock that the U.S.C. has been, nor has it had a history of important tests. Canada is fundamentally an ad hocracy. As for the effect on ZKS, I haven't seen any actual uses of Freedom, or users of it, so I doubt there will be much effect at all. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.