[109014] in Cypherpunks
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Mon Mar 8 22:10:31 1999
In-Reply-To: <199903082337.AAA18030@mail.replay.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 18:58:06 -0800
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 3:37 PM -0800 3/8/99, Anonymous wrote:
>>Tim May wrote:
>>
>>> The most innocuous theory being that it was some kind of real estate agent
>>> taking photos for possible future use.
>
>Since you got his plate, can't you annoy the local cops until they
>do a DMV-search for you? Under the grounds that you noticed
>*highly* suspicious activity consistent with a future breakin,
>and you would like to press tresspass/intrusion of privacy
>charges?
I called the Sheriff's Office and gave them the particulars. The confirmed
the plate as being on a 1971 Ford Mustang, which matches what I saw.
The gave me a tracking number and will investigate further.
As for "pressing charges," there was no trespass by the ways our laws about
driveways and front steps and doorbells work. Had I had a gate closed, then
crossing over the fence or gate would've been trespass.
A slight crypto relevance here is that this is where zero knowledge
authentication tokens would be useful. I have a gate on my driveway, but I
don't keep it closed and locked because various unpredictable persons need
occasional access: the UPS and FedEx trucks, the meter readers, etc. A
ZKIPS system where I keep a list at the gate of who can pass would be
useful. (ZKIPS in that one doesn't want either a universal access code on
my side or a universal access code on their side.)
--Tim May
Y2K: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, enjoy the ride.
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