http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/PrivLawPRpr/1996/26.html ...governments, as we know them, have crumbled, disappeared, and been replaced by virtual communities of individuals doing as they wish without interference. Proponents argue that crypto anarchy is the inevitable -- and highly desirable -- outcome of the release of public key cryptography into the world.  With this technology, they say, it will be impossible for governments to control information, compile dossiers, conduct wiretaps, regulate economic arrangements, and even collect taxes. Individuals will be liberated from coercion by their physical neighbours and by governments..."