>The FBI did not seek a court order, which is the legal way to
>(sometimes) quash speech. Rather, it applied extra-legal pressures.
I happen to come from an euro country where authorities worked
solely by FUDding, Kafka-style. That is the strongest mode of reign
available.
It appears that civil liberties won in 60s-70s in the US are being
pushed back in 90s. The question to ask is why is there less resistance
to this push back ? Is it just the oscillatory nature of human affairs,
or is the society settling back from the rare singularity ?
(The internet is, obviously, serving centralised powers better than it
serves individuals. In the long run, technology always serves the one
that can summon more talent, and it's not your average aoler.
Wildly extrapolating from cpunk subscriber numbers we can say that there
are probably no more than 100 000 individuals worldwide that have sufficient
understanding of the internet technology to adequatly protect themselves.
You do not counter armed berserk by telling him that he must not use the
gun - and that is exactly what is happening with Carnivore. Sad.)
Way to go, John. The System is there to explain why the underling that
kneecaps you is doing the Higher Function (and not just maintaining the
Godfather's authority.)
...............
(to the feds: I have no illusion that anonymizer protects me - I am now
thinking just *why* am I using it. Fear runs deep.)
