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RE: Run a remailer, go to jail?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trei, Peter)
Mon Mar 31 12:37:07 2003
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From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
To: "'Sidney Markowitz '" <sidney@sidney.com>,
"'cryptography@wasabisystems.com '" <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 23:54:41 -0500
Sidney Markowitz writes:
>> They both require that the use of such technologies be for
>> the purpose of committing a crime.
>The Massachusetts law defines as a crime:
>(b) Offense defined.--Any person commits an offense if he knowingly
>(1) possesses, uses, manufactures, develops, assembles, distributes,
>transfers, imports into this state, licenses, leases, sells or offers,
>promotes or advertises for sale, use or distribution any communication
>device:
>[ ... ] or;
>(ii) to conceal or to assist another to conceal from any communication
>service provider, or from any lawful authority, the existence or place
>of origin or destination of any communication;
>[...]
>(5) Assist others in committing any of the acts prohibited by this
>section.
To heck with remailers, anonymizing proxies, etal. As I read this,
the USPO is liable if it accepts a letter without a correct return
address.
Peter Trei
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