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1993-01-29 - Remailer abuse?

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From: hal@alumni.cco.caltech.edu (Hal Finney)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: fff35193ff6260b4fd64365be5b7491ea1d47b020ef509324164f88302862f51
Message ID: <9301291807.AA08440@alumni.cco.caltech.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1993-01-29 18:05:55 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 10:05:55 PST

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From: hal@alumni.cco.caltech.edu (Hal Finney)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 10:05:55 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Remailer abuse?
Message-ID: <9301291807.AA08440@alumni.cco.caltech.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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When the Pax remailer was shut down, I stopped keeping any logs of my
remailer operation.  I felt that I did not want to provide information
that would be helpful to those forces which oppose information privacy.

So, I don't know the history of it, but today I received this message:

	To: hal@alumni.cco.caltech.edu
	Subject: Re: what you said you wanted
	
	I am shocked that you would send such trash to innocent young girls,  
	whom you don't even know (Not that it is better if you know them)
	Well, I am appalled!!!
	Why me??
	
Is someone using my remailer to send trash to innocent young girls?
I am uncomfortable to be facilitating this kind of activity.  Can anyone
offer suggestions for the ethical thing to do in this situation?

Hal
74076.1041@compuserve.com

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