Cypherpunks, Feds, and Pudgyfaced Voyeurism
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Wed Apr 11 19:09:15 PDT 2001
Hmm. Anyone know what are some extant web-to-email remailers,
and what Type I remailers exist?
-Declan
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:43:10PM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>
>
> >It's all so sad and predictable and sad again. The cypherpunks list
> >had its glory days: Wired magazine cover stories, blossoming
> >technology, and, yes, even those damnable tentacles. Now it's become a
> >convenient way for the Feds to land convictions.
>
> Perhaps it is time to consider a new and different mailing
> list which accepts messages ONLY from remailers. It would
> be publicly archived and unmoderated just as cypherpunks is,
> and monitored by the lions just as cypherpunks is, but now
> that the thought-crime laws are setting in full force, it
> could provide a forum where there wouldn't be such a simple
> evidentiary chain from post to poster.
>
> Given the recent spate of events, and the fact that some forms
> of political speech now seem to be a crime, or at least grounds
> for legal harassment and admissible as evidence of other crimes,
> I will probably have to set up such a list -- more info when
> it's ready to accept posts.
>
> The best name (cypherpunks) seems to be taken. Hmm. I will
> have to consider. The naming of things is a ticklish business.
>
> Bear
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