From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 19:47:02 +0800
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Voluntary Disclosure of True Names
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> <Part of Tim May's post>
> 
> >the above is almost exactly what Dyson was saying, and I have been
> 
> No, Dyson said "Therefore I would favor allowing anonymity -- with some
> form of traceability only under terms considerably stronger than what are
> generally required for a wiretap."    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
I wonder what Dyson would consider acceptable?  Regardless, she is not 
going to get it.

EBD

> This implies a role for government, and concomitant restrictions on related
> anonymity technologies, to provide traceability. So much for mutual
> agreement between sender and recipient.
> 
> (I have nothing against senders and recipients agreeing to use the services
> of some third party in providing ultimate traceability. I'm not wild about
> the U.S. Government being this third party, paid for by tax money, but so
> long as it is not required, it's a minor concern to me. I surmise, though,
> that use of the U.S. Government as a third party would not be optional, in
> the schemes of Dyson, Denning, and others of that ilk.)
> 
> --Tim May
> 
> We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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> Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
> tcmay@got.net  408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
> W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA  | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
> Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments.
> "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
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