From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 11:39:09 PDT
To: habs@panix.com (Harry S. Hawk)
Subject: Re: PGP in Fidonet
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habs writes:

> Situtation:
> 
> I assume this is a gray area. But let's say at a meeting of friends
> in one state (e.g., Boulder Creek, Ca), we create a Video message, 
> digitize it, and sent it to that friend, by uploading into an 
> account that I (habs) and the friend (rjc) has joint access to?
> 
> Questions:
> 
> Is that communications? Is it private? What if the message contains
> images that might be considered "adult"?
> 
> Would it be different if that file was e-mailed or FTPed rather
> than uploaded.
> 
> 
> Or, let's say I put in some very public FTP site, but used RSA to
> legally encrypt it with my friend's public key? Would it be 
> private communications or public?

These questions are sufficiently absorbing that I think I'll defer dealing
with them until they actually come up.


--Mike