Re: Remailers, PGP, and a Project Suggestion

>        So, what you are saying is that you want crypto to protect yourself
>from government intrusion, but are unwilling to actually WRITE the code for
>fear that the government will lock you up.

That's about right. I will write the code for myself. I will not release it
since I'm in the U.S. and it gives the thugs one more reason to come after
me. That job is better suited for somebody who is outside the U.S. or is
actually willing to sit through a long grand jury investigation, possible
indictment, trial, conviction, jail time, and life as a convicted felon.

Anonymous writes:
> >        So, what you are saying is that you want crypto to protect yourself
> >from government intrusion, but are unwilling to actually WRITE the code for
> >fear that the government will lock you up.
> 
> That's about right. I will write the code for myself. I will not release it
> since I'm in the U.S. and it gives the thugs one more reason to come after
> me. That job is better suited for somebody who is outside the U.S. or is
> actually willing to sit through a long grand jury investigation, possible
> indictment, trial, conviction, jail time, and life as a convicted felon.

Ah come on, it isn't that bad.  Just put it on a crypto site with some
dumb revolving password scheme, or give it to someone else to put no
theirs.  It'll be on replay with-in a few hours, if anyone is
interested in the code.

Also you seem happy using remailers, so you could as easily publish
anonymously.

Don't let a few cold war hang-over export regs stifle your crypto
coding creativity!

Adam

At 12:15 AM -0500 9/29/98, Anonymous wrote:
>>        So, what you are saying is that you want crypto to protect yourself
>>from government intrusion, but are unwilling to actually WRITE the code for
>>fear that the government will lock you up.
>
>That's about right. I will write the code for myself. I will not release it
>since I'm in the U.S. and it gives the thugs one more reason to come after
>me. That job is better suited for somebody who is outside the U.S. or is
>actually willing to sit through a long grand jury investigation, possible
>indictment, trial, conviction, jail time, and life as a convicted felon.

	Cleanse it of your identity (or start a pseudonym if you need the
ego boost), and get it to hacktic. PD/BSDL/GPL the code, and go.

	Use the tools to "free" yourself.

	If the law is bad, ignore it whenever possible. This is a very
ignorable law.
--
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On 29 Sep 1998 12:59:44 -0500, Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>
>Anonymous writes:
>> >        So, what you are saying is that you want crypto to protect yourself
>> >from government intrusion, but are unwilling to actually WRITE the code for
>> >fear that the government will lock you up.
>> 
>> That's about right. I will write the code for myself. I will not release it
>> since I'm in the U.S. and it gives the thugs one more reason to come after
>> me. That job is better suited for somebody who is outside the U.S. or is
>> actually willing to sit through a long grand jury investigation, possible
>> indictment, trial, conviction, jail time, and life as a convicted felon.
>
>Ah come on, it isn't that bad.  Just put it on a crypto site with some
>dumb revolving password scheme, or give it to someone else to put no
>theirs.  It'll be on replay with-in a few hours, if anyone is
>interested in the code.
>

Also, couldn't you just print out the sorce code (in a nice OCR font) and
mail it to somebody in another country, like with the PGP books?
Is anyone out there (not in the US) willing to do this?

What about MIT?  They distribute pgp.  Perhaps someone there could be
persuaded to maintain a broader crypto archive.

-- Phelix