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1993-10-18 - Re: jrk@sys.uea.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway)

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-10-18 23:27:21 UTC
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 16:27:21 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: jrk@sys.uea.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway)
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Paul Baclace says:
> However, it should be remembered that authorities attempted to outlaw
> the printing press after its invention.  I'm not sure how long that
> lasted, but since the Soviet Union kept tabs on all copiers, in some
> sense, such repression lasted a long time.  (And in the U.S., it has
> been said that color copiers are tracked, but this sounds like a bluff
> to me since a color scanner+color printer is sufficient to duplicate
> that capability.  Is it possible to buy a color copier anonymously?) 

Go to you local copier store. Pay cash. No one will care.

> Anonymous digital cash is more likely to be compromised
> since, as you note, even the Swiss have been pressured into opening up 
> their records of anonymous bank accounts.

Others have not.

Perry

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