From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 06:24:38 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Children's Privacy Act
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At 6:45 AM 5/24/96, Rich Graves wrote:

>I recognize that criminalizing the free flow of information is like trying
>to stick your finger in a dike, but every little bit has an effect. In
>this case, I'd call it a positive effect.
>
>I was certainly disappointed to hear a couple of cypherpunks the other day
>discussing for-profit offshore data havens full of personal information
>that is illegal to collect in the US as a business opportunity *they* were
>interested in pursuing. I just can't see myself doing that, for anybody.
>Gubmint or private, doesn't matter.

These off-shore data havens, possibly in Anguilla, possibly elsewhere, have
long been a motivation for crypto anarchy.

"Illegal to collect in the U.S." is the operative phrase.

(P.S. Cf. the sections in my Cyphernomicon for a discussion of how the main
U.S. credit-collecting agencies (TRW Credit, Transunion, and Equifax) have
various cozy relationships with the U.S. government and intelligence
agencies. Many of the laws about collection of data are ignored when
needed. Ask the credit agencies why and how they willingly participate in
the falsification of credit histories, and even the creation of credit
histories out of thin air.)

--Tim May

Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software!
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed.
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