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1995-01-09 - Re: Data Haven problems

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From: Mats Bergstrom <asgaard@sos.sll.se>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Raw Date: Mon, 9 Jan 95 03:07:59 PST

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From: Mats Bergstrom <asgaard@sos.sll.se>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 95 03:07:59 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Data Haven problems
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wcs@anchor.ho.att.com wrote:

> Filtering by filename and type can also be useful - if you don't allow
> files named *.gif and *.jpg, users may be less likely to
> spam you with pornography.

Hardly. (*.gi0 and *.jp0 for a start?)
But what are data havens for, if not for controversial data?
One of the greatest needs, if not _the_ greatest, in our times
for a data haven is probably for storing porno. There is a
tremendous, world-wide demand for porno. Yet, there are numerous
countries where sex.gif's found on your disk (encrypted or not,
they can use thumb-screws to force the key out of your hands)
will put you in a very difficult situation (loss of social
status, jail, decapitation). It might be much more convenient
for, let's say, a Saudi teenager to store his encrypted private
gif's in a data haven in Sweden, download them when he feels
the urge and purge the copies after every use.

Mats

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