From: jito@netcom.com (Joichi Ito)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 94 12:59:37 PDT
To: jrochkin@cs.oberlin.edu (Jonathan Rochkind)
Subject: Re: future existence of free remailers?
Message-ID: <9408101956.AA04136@portola.com>
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>I think this was me, or at least I've advocated that many people
>become "first class citizens" be being remailers themselves. There are
>thus no "sources" or "sinks" of messages...any Federales who pound on
>your door can be told "Oh, but I was just _remailing_ that message you
>traced to me."
>

Please excuse me if this has already been discussed... but... What about
the trend of busting the sysops of bbs'? The recent Fidonet bust in Italy
seems to support this trend. It sounds to me like any remailers remailing
illegal stuff may get caught in the dragnet.

No?

 - Joi


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