[14168] in Cypherpunks
Re: Response to Uni's "Lawsuit" Message
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Del Torto)
Thu May 26 00:16:06 1994
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 21:14:37 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: ddt@lsd.com (Dave Del Torto)
At 8:07 am 5/24/94 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
>How about this, instead: A company called "ID Anonymous, Ltd." sets up in
>a business secrecy jurisdiction. It buys Internet access accounts in bulk
>from DGS, Netcom, etc. (ID1, ID2, ID3, . . .). It then resells them to
>people living in the service territories of the various access providers.
>ID Anonymous, Ltd. collects monthly fees from all of its sub-users. It
>pays the Internet provider a single check each month for the monthly fees
>of all its anonymous account. Under such a system, there is no weak
>link. If a user misbehaves, DGS or Netcom can cut off the offending
>account, but nobody can reveal the identity of the underlying user. By
>being located in an offshore jurisdiction, ID Anonymous, Ltd. is not
>susceptible to lawsuits or rubber hose techniques. QED.
I like it. I'd be willing to participate and refer users to the service.
dave
