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1997-08-13 - Re: Fuck the usenet cabal

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-08-13 14:08:40 UTC
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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 22:08:40 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Fuck the usenet cabal
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? the Platypus {aka David Formosa} <dformosa@st.nepean.uws.edu.au> writes:

> > Now, suppose some non-US person sets up an auto-responder that sends out
> > strong crypto software, and another non-US person requests it and gets it.
> >
> > Is anyone going to be guilty of ITAR violations?
>
> Well if thay can't trace it back to the person who put it on the system
> thay will go after the system itself.

Another related thought: some folks send out lots of unwanted e-mail
offering to broadcast an ad to a million addresses for $40 or some such.

What if a non-US person paid them $40 to spam people outside the U.S.
with strong crypto?

Is it possible to stuff a blatant ITAR violation into about 100 lines of ascii?

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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