The Privacy/Untraceability Sweet Spot

[Aimee Farr]

> At 01:02 AM 8/28/01 -0500, Aimee Farr wrote:
> >That is not my attitude at all, Reese. I obviously like Tim's Blacknet.
> >However, I don't like it being characterized as a subversive
> tool, and damn
> >sure not in terms that might indicate a criminal conspiracy for
> shopping out
> >secrets to Libya.
>
> The point is, if its not *good enough* for taboo
> activity, its not good enough for everyday uses.
>
> And of course, tools are neutral; the knife OJ dressed his ex
> with was not an 'evil' piece of metal.   Neither are guns.
>
> As metalsmiths, we might regret how we make it easier to slice
> members of our species, much as as technologists we might regret
> that nets+crypto makes some copyright unenforcable, or how networked
> boxes have an unintended side-effect of lessening privacy.
>
> As the first metalsmiths might have observed, no matter the pros
> and cons of this development, its out there, its possible,
> folks will be competing to refine it, so get used to it.
>
> You can always write a tome afterwards like Albert Hoffman's "My Problem
> Child" if you need to explain later.
>
> That being said, if you object to dark 'marketing' on a personal
> level, well, sure, but that's merely your personal taste.

Tim makes me think that "BlackNet" is already fielded. If not, why not?
After all, it's been around since 1992-3. (Now, if Tim had buyer-interest,
that would make me think differently about BlackNet.)

~Aimee