LFCFA[SMTP:webmaster@lfcfa.org] writes:

For seven years, the Laissez Faire City International Trust built and planned Laissez Faire City, the first sovereign international city domiciled in cyberspace. In 2002, Laissez Faire City closed its doors. Since then, important steps have been taken to bring the organization to a just and final dissolution. This week, we are taking one of the final steps in that process: to auction off remaining assets, both intellectual and physical property.

Among the properties available for public bidding is Mailvault(R), the first private, PGP-encrypted e-mail service on the Internet. The LFCIT supported and funded the Mailvault(R) service; as of April 2003, more than 5000 users take advantage of Mailvault's fast, easy, PGP-enabled service to keep their communications private. Mailvault(R) itself, as well as several other domain names, software projects and more, are all available for sale during this sale. We hope that this auction will help us settle accounts with our creditors, and find new homes for these projects.

The auction is available to the public at http://www.lfcfa.org starting now. Bids will be accepted on items or lots listed for sale, from now until Monday, May 5th 2003, at 5:00pm CST. Following an internal deliberation period, winners will be announced at the http://www.lfcfa.org web site on Friday evening, May 9th 2003.

I took a peek at the items on sale. Of particular interest to privacy buffs is Item U1 (see https://www.lfcfa.org/auction/prop.aspx) 4.User Data ITEM: U1 Mailvault service user data DESCRIPTION: all manner of user data currently stored in the Mailvault system - this includes user accounts, stored mail, PGP keys. If I were a Mailvault customer, I would find this perturbing. Peter Trei Disclaimer: My opinons! No one elses!