CDR: Re: Zero Knowledge changes business model (press release)

[Declan McCullagh]

One legitimate reason for chatting with LE is to educate them just a
little so they don't overreact when the 747-bomb-attack or the
sarin-gas-plans show up on Freedom. It also seems consistent with
ZKS's goal to be perceived as a good corporate citizen. Finally, it's
what I'd expect ZKS's financial backers would require. When you get
~$40 million in VC funds for cypherpunkly technologies, you get some
strings attached too.

It is a sad day when being a good corporate citizen means chatting
with LE on such friendly terms, but probably many companies do it;
this is not an area where I suspect ZKS is alone.

-Declan


On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 07:08:06PM -0500, Tim May wrote:
> Why do you spend any of your valuable time talking to law enforcement/
> 
> Where I come from, law enforcement enters the picture during a 
> criminal investigation. And then one is usually advised to say "I 
> have nothing to say." Chatting with cops is rarely useful, and is 
> often harmful. Ditto for lawmakers, unless one is seeking some way to 
> get them to get out of the way.
> 
> I can't speak for Mojo Nation, but I think it nearly 100% certain 
> that Jim McCoy is not "spending time and energy maintaining relations 
> with law enforcement."