[103538] in Cypherpunks
Re: Remailers, PGP, and a Project Suggestion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Back)
Tue Sep 29 08:23:19 1998
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:39:08 +0100
From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-reply-to: <19980929051529.13737.qmail@hades.rpini.com> (message from
Anonymous on 29 Sep 1998 05:15:29 -0000)
Reply-To: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Anonymous writes:
> > So, what you are saying is that you want crypto to protect yourself
> >from government intrusion, but are unwilling to actually WRITE the code for
> >fear that the government will lock you up.
>
> That's about right. I will write the code for myself. I will not release it
> since I'm in the U.S. and it gives the thugs one more reason to come after
> me. That job is better suited for somebody who is outside the U.S. or is
> actually willing to sit through a long grand jury investigation, possible
> indictment, trial, conviction, jail time, and life as a convicted felon.
Ah come on, it isn't that bad. Just put it on a crypto site with some
dumb revolving password scheme, or give it to someone else to put no
theirs. It'll be on replay with-in a few hours, if anyone is
interested in the code.
Also you seem happy using remailers, so you could as easily publish
anonymously.
Don't let a few cold war hang-over export regs stifle your crypto
coding creativity!
Adam
