Re: Los Angeles Times article on Helsingius and anon.penet.fi
At 12:45 PM 8/31/96, Declan McCullagh wrote: <SNIP>
Note Esther Dyson's comments:
"The damage that can be done by anonymity is far bigger" than in any other medium, said Esther Dyson, chairwoman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "In the end, you need to be able to get at somebody's identity to enforce accountability, and the question is how do you also enforce freedom of speech and freedom from prosecution for unpopular opinions."
<SNIP> Is this the official EFF position on remailers? This strong anti-remailer position needs to be retracted or widely publicized. -Lance ---------------------------------------------------------- Lance Cottrell loki@obscura.com PGP 2.6 key available by finger or server. Mixmaster, the next generation remailer, is now available! http://www.obscura.com/~loki/Welcome.html or FTP to obscura.com "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come." --Nietzsche ----------------------------------------------------------
Declan McCullagh wrote:
Note Esther Dyson's comments:
"The damage that can be done by anonymity is far bigger" than in any other medium, said Esther Dyson, chairwoman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "In the end, you need to be able to get at somebody's identity to enforce accountability, and the question is how do you also enforce freedom of speech and freedom from prosecution for unpopular opinions."
I wonder whether Esther was speaking about the Federalist Papers? Who did write those subversive documents anywhy? Martin Minow minow@apple.com
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