From: "Dr. D.C. Williams" <dcwill@python.ee.unr.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 95 20:23:50 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: How do I know if its encrypted?
Message-ID: <199501140428.XAA14570@bb.hks.net>
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>    From: daleh@ix.netcom.com (Dale Harrison (AEGIS))

>    Paco begins by 
>    inventing the new [format] of which only Paco knows the internals.

Eric Hughes replied:

> No operator of any data service can be expected to know about every
> data interpretation.  The key here is "good faith".  An operator can
> undertake a good faith effort to remain ignorant about content.

While this may be possible, the argument that someone actively tried to
remain uninformed about something "dangerous" or potentially "illegal"
doesn't seem like a particularly strong defense. Someone with proper
credentials might want to comment on whether intentional ignorance is
sufficient to avoid culpability.

=D.C. Williams	<dcwill@ee.unr.edu>

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