At 12:51 PM -0400 6/9/00, Sunder wrote:
>David Honig wrote:
>>
>> At 07:21 PM 6/8/00 -0400, Tim May wrote:
>> >Every state/jurisdiction has its thoughtcrimes...child porn,
>> >anti-Islamic literature, Nazi memorabilia and screeds, snuff films,
>> >money laundering, amphetamine recipes, libel, and so on. The list is
>> >long.
>>
>> But crypto makes it all invisible. The only thing traffic analysis reveals
>> is that you talk to S'land. Well shoot, your broker works virtually
>> out of there, that's not enough to indict.
>
>Flaw: web pages need to be viewable by the public. Someone has to actively
>seek out the information they're looking for. If you have an interest in
>"The Satanic Verses" which may be banned in your country, you'll have to
>somehow get the key to the encrypted materials.
>
>If you, someone unknown to the content provider can view the content, so can
>the Jihads. If they know that some server somewhere in Sealand hosts
>anti-muslim contraband, they can target it.
This is the point I was making earlier:
If files are not traceable back to Sealand, then Sealand is not
needed. The file servers could be in Sunnyvale or London.
If files are traceable back to Sealand, then Sealand will have to
deal with Interpol, Islamic fatwahs, etc.
I wish them well, but it all looks like a short-lived gimmick. Good
for P.R., not good as a long-term business.
--Tim May
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