From: dmandl@panix.com (David Mandl)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:41:06 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Guerilla Internet Service Providers
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At 4:44 PM 1/1/96, Lucky Green wrote:
>At 15:32 1/1/96, Felix Lee wrote:
>>Lucky Green:
>>> Some site in physical space has to host the nntpd, the ftpd, and the httpd.
>>> That site will be subject to search, seizure, and arrest and conviction of
>>> owner.
>>
>>but if it turns out that 30% of home PCs have to be seized to prevent
>>dissemination of dangerous-information-X?
>
>Wrong. Only 0.03% of the home PCs have to be seized and the owners
>incarcerated. The remaining users will cease to carry controlled data on
>their own.

I agree.  It's not a good idea to assume that there's going to be some kind
of widespread opposition movement when the big Net Crackdown comes.  Most
people will either obey the law, be unaffected by it, or violate it in very
insignificant ways ("net jaywalking").  There's strength in numbers, but I
just don't think the numbers will be there.

   --Dave.

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