Murdering Thug writes: If you conduct EVERYTHING via encrypted and anonymous communications and keep all records encrypted, they really cannot touch you.

Don't you just love crypto-anarchy? I know I do.

So do I! I get the feeling that MT is attempting to display some of the dangers of crypto-anarchy via sarcasm. (I really can't be sure, as such intonations are really difficult to convey or pick up on in ascii.) While it is true that in a free society, someone could buy a gun and kill all their neighbors and possible even get away without a trace, I would rather live in that free society than one that disallows the purchase of the gun to begin with. (The fact that I support strong gun control measures is not contradictory to this.) In the same way, I would like to encourage everyone, even the Ollie Norths, to encrypt their communications. Sure, there will be conspiracies that take their toll upon society, but I feel that one of the biggest causes of violence is the feeling of dis-empowerment caused by conventional laws. Note, for example, that the countries that are less uptight about nudity generally have less sex crimes. Laws take power away from people. Encryption affords people the capability to gain access to the information they want and disseminate it to those they want to without fear of recrimination. This empowering technology will, imho, empower the many to cause less harm to the few, and empower the few to get what they want while protecting themselves from the wrath of the many. Hope that you find some of these ideas worthwhile... Fen