[103977] in Cypherpunks
Re: Web TV with 128b exported
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Bryan)
Wed Oct 7 16:08:50 1998
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981007090445.008903c0@m7.sprynet.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:39:18 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Steve Bryan <sbryan@vendorsystems.com>
Reply-To: Steve Bryan <sbryan@vendorsystems.com>
David Honig wrote:
>I'd guess that the Export control puppets know that the Web-TV hubs will
>be subpoena-able by the US even in these other "sovereign" nations.
>The WebTV centralized infrastructure makes this easy.
This announcement seems to be getting a lot of this sort of reaction but I
don't see quite why the news is greeted with such animosity. If a duly
authorized search warrant is required in order to obtain information that
represents a potential world of difference from having unrestricted ability
to monitor all communications.
Steve Bryan
Vendorsystems International
email: sbryan@vendorsystems.com
icq: 5263678
pgp fingerprint: D758 183C 8B79 B28E 6D4C 2653 E476 82E6 DA7C 9AC5
