From: Frank Stuart <fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 95 08:35:41 PDT
To: mark@unicorn.com
Subject: Re: An opportunity not to be missed
Message-ID: <199509141535.KAA05557@snoopy.vetmed.auburn.edu>
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>> Is anyone in a position to set up a cypherpunks CrimeStoppers mailbox (for
>> use through the remailers)?  You could set up a web-page with instructions
>> and a list of crimes for which there are rewards.
>
>Someone already tried that. The cops got a copy of the WWW logs and 
>started investigating everyone who'd looked at the WWW page... So at the 
>least you'd need a bunch of anonymous WWW proxies as well.

Yuck.  Well, if this is going to be a problem, you could distribute a
periodic FAQ via Usenet instead.

>There's also the problem that the current ecash systems do not provide 
>payee anonymity, so if you pay informers with ecash they can be traced if 
>the bank and payer collude.

That's a real problem and underscores the need for better ecash.  :)


Frank Stuart              | (Admiral Grace) Hopper's Law:
fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu | It's easier to get forgiveness than permission.