Cypherpunks, Feds, and Pudgyfaced Voyeurism

Declan McCullagh lists at politechbot.com
Thu Apr 12 21:20:49 PDT 2001


To answer my own question, in part:

http://www.publius.net/rlist.html

-Declan

On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:09:15PM -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> Hmm. Anyone know what are some extant web-to-email remailers,
> and what Type I remailers exist?
> 
> -Declan
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:43:10PM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > >It's all so sad and predictable and sad again. The cypherpunks list
> > >had its glory days: Wired magazine cover stories, blossoming
> > >technology, and, yes, even those damnable tentacles. Now it's become a
> > >convenient way for the Feds to land convictions.
> > 
> > Perhaps it is time to consider a new and different mailing 
> > list which accepts messages ONLY from remailers.  It would 
> > be publicly archived and unmoderated just as cypherpunks is, 
> > and monitored by the lions just as cypherpunks is, but now 
> > that the thought-crime laws are setting in full force, it 
> > could provide a forum where there wouldn't be such a simple 
> > evidentiary chain from post to poster. 
> > 
> > Given the recent spate of events, and the fact that some forms 
> > of political speech now seem to be a crime, or at least grounds 
> > for legal harassment and admissible as evidence of other crimes, 
> > I will probably have to set up such a list -- more info when 
> > it's ready to accept posts.
> > 
> > The best name (cypherpunks) seems to be taken.  Hmm.  I will 
> > have to consider.  The naming of things is a ticklish business.
> > 
> > 				Bear





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