Hear Hear!! Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Adam Shostack wrote:
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 14:33:21 -0400 From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org> Reply-To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com> Cc: cypherpunks@lne.com Subject: CDR: Re: Official Anonymizing
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 01:42:28PM -0700, John Young wrote: | I propose that all anonymizers adopt a code of practice that | any sale to officials of anonymizers or their use be disclosed | to the public (I suggested this to ZKS early on when first | meetings with the feds to explain the technology were being | sometimes disclosed). That seems to be a reasonable response | to officially-secret prowling and investigating cyberspace.
Speaking for myself, I don't really want to know my customers any more than I absolutely must. If y'all are so willing to identify and treat differently one class of customers (spooks), I believe that you have no moral leg to stand on when a different class of customers (say, hispanics) are treated differently.
If there's no morality bit in encryption, then there's no morality bit, and the fifth horsey of government can be as anonymous as the rest of us.
Adam
-- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------