[103550] in Cypherpunks
Re: Remailers, PGP, and a Project Suggestion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petro)
Tue Sep 29 13:58:55 1998
In-Reply-To: <19980929051529.13737.qmail@hades.rpini.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:26:22 -0500
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
Reply-To: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
At 12:15 AM -0500 9/29/98, Anonymous wrote:
>> 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.
Cleanse it of your identity (or start a pseudonym if you need the
ego boost), and get it to hacktic. PD/BSDL/GPL the code, and go.
Use the tools to "free" yourself.
If the law is bad, ignore it whenever possible. This is a very
ignorable law.
--
petro@playboy.com----for work related issues. I don't speak for Playboy.
petro@bounty.org-----for everthing else. They wouldn't like that.
They REALLY
Economic speech IS political speech. wouldn't like that.
