[44654] in Cypherpunks
Re: "Got a subpoena?"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jim bell)
Mon Dec 4 12:25:40 1995
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 09:06:25 -0800
To: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
From: jimbell@pacifier.com (jim bell)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
>>
>> Note that I am assuming the willingness of the phoneco to be UNCOOPERATIVE, at least according to "the spirit of the rules." They could still cooperate according to the LETTER of the law.
>
> It's in the phone company's best interest to be cooperative.
>*but* in the case of, say, an internet privacy provider, it is in the
>provider's best interest to be uncooperative.
I would PREFER that I be able to legally obligate my service provider (and phone co) to provide only that level of cooperation which is actually, literally, legally required. I would like to be able to know that if my service is tapped in some way, I receive a letter de-certifying the previous state of non-tapped-ness that it possessed.
