From: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:49:35 -0800 (PST)
To: Lile Elam <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Isn't this like a bad idea?
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At 12:45 PM -0800 3/20/97, Lile Elam wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>Selling email addresses seems to me to be a bad idea. Wouldn't
>it be better to have people sign up instead of this? I mean,
>it looks like this is for spammers.
>
>Who can I contact about this abuse?
>

It may be tacky and undesirable, but public information is just that, public.

(I don't mean some quasi-legalistic distinction between "public" and
"private," as defined by regulators, I mean information publically
accessible.)

If one wants something kept private, use privacy tools.

(And as Cypherpunks know so well, if regulators/legislators attempt to
interfere in such markets, the markets will simply move to other
jurisdictions, or into cyphersace.)

--Tim May

Just say "No" to "Big Brother Inside"
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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