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Nate writes:
>A while back someone posted a message about being immune to having
>property, etc taken in law suits. Imagine if all your money (or nearly
>all) was tied up in anonymous accounts and that all your property was
>owned by digital pseudonyms (from whom you rented the property). This
>would be a nice defense if you were scared that the government (in
>protecting National Security, of course) would take all your
>posessions and make life a living hell for you and your family.
I think you are being dangerously naive if you think that such actions
would prevent someone (not necessarily the government, btw) from making
your life a living hell.
If you are a parent, for example, think what an accusation of child
abuse might do.
Do not be so quick to assume that these wonderful and interesting
techniques we discuss will solve long-standing problems. Most likely,
they will merely solve new problems (ie: the increased ability of
third parties to intercept communications) that are created by the
very technologies that make the solutions possible.
Best
R