[45134] in Cypherpunks
Re: [Mix-L] WARNING: sting via remailer! (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mutatis Mutantdis)
Mon Dec 11 01:30:49 1995
From: wlkngowl@unix.asb.com (Mutatis Mutantdis)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 03:47:04 GMT
Apparently-To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Bryan Strawser <bstrawse@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>Forwarded message:
[..]
>> I was in the federal building coffee shop in Reston, Va. yesterday
>> when I overheard a conversation between what appeared to be two FBI agents
>> discussing a sting operation involving Mixmaster. Hearing the word
>> "mixmaster" naturally caused my ears to perk up and I listened further.
>>
>> It appears that the FBI has coerced a mixmaster remailer operator
>> into cooperating with them in a sting operation to catch remailers when
>> they forward email pertaining to pornography, pedophilia, and copy-written
>> software.
Not that such a thing is impossible, but it seems awfully suspicious
that FBI agents would be talking about a case within earshot of the
general public...
--Mutant Rob
