17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
A "Cypherpunk RISK" (apologies to the "RISKS" list) to running PGP on Netcom, Portal, America Online, etc. systems (and on university, corporate, etc. systems), is the obtaiing of *all* records, directories, etc. by court order.
This has happened more than once, and will likely happen more and more in the future, as law enforcement realizes what a treasure trove this can be.
I am under the impression that many if not all Internet providers which provide interactive logins have been raided durring the past year. The raids I know of were conducted by U S Marshalls acting on behalf of a few large electronics firms (who just happen to all have the same intelectual property atourney). brad