On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Jon Lebkowsky wrote:
Getting beyond this discussion of EFF, has any global entity discussed making remailers illegal?
Others have responded with information about the Church of Scientology and similar threats to remailers. I would add that global entities haven't woken up to the threat of anonymous remailers and that remailers aren't widely deployed yet -- two conditions that when they change will be sufficient for a global crackdown. My cover story in last month's issue of _Internet Underground_ magazine discussed how governments can move quickly to craft international treaties that could muzzle the Net. This is what we have to be on the lookout for; in fact, we need to have a "friendly" country introduce an opposing proposal that countries can bicker over for decades, while the Net matures and strengthens and improves its defenses against this type of attack. -Declan // declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //