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1993-10-19 - Re: jrk@sys.uea.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway)

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From: “Robert J. Woodhead” <trebor@foretune.co.jp>
To: nate@VIS.ColoState.EDU
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UTC Datetime: 1993-10-19 15:37:29 UTC
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From: "Robert J. Woodhead" <trebor@foretune.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 08:37:29 PDT
To: nate@VIS.ColoState.EDU
Subject: Re: jrk@sys.uea.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway)
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Nate writes:

>A while back someone posted a message about being immune to having
>property, etc taken in law suits.  Imagine if all your money (or nearly 
>all) was tied up in anonymous accounts and that all your property was
>owned by digital pseudonyms (from whom you rented the property).  This
>would be a nice defense if you were scared that the government (in
>protecting National Security, of course) would take all your 
>posessions and make life a living hell for you and your family.

I think you are being dangerously naive if you think that such actions
would prevent someone (not necessarily the government, btw) from making
your life a living hell.

If you are a parent, for example, think what an accusation of child
abuse might do.

Do not be so quick to assume that these wonderful and interesting
techniques we discuss will solve long-standing problems.  Most likely,
they will merely solve new problems (ie: the increased ability of
third parties to intercept communications) that are created by the
very technologies that make the solutions possible.

Best
R

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