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Re: Anguilla - A DataHaven?
The only ideal I can think of would be the fictional "Port Watson". What
is you had a system that spanned countries, using the internet as a linking
device. It would be the same service. But when you specified the kind of
data you wanted to post, the system would route it to the appropriate
server in a country where it wasn't illegal.
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> From: Vincent Cate <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Anguilla - A DataHaven?
> Date: Wednesday, August 14, 1996 5:40 AM
>
>
> Tim:
> > Rather, there is an "archetype," if you will, of what a "remailer" is,
what
> > a "data haven" is, what a "tax shelter" is, etc. While we cannot
reasonably
> > expect a remailer to exactly match the archetype, we can point out
obvious
> > deficiencies.
>
> 1) Anguilla has secrecy laws. Professional relationships are
confidential.
> There are strong secrecy laws. I have not given out taxbomber's
> name, nor will I as I could face legal action if I did.
>
> 2) Anguilla has no sales or income taxes. A business does not need to
> report anything about income, sales, etc, to the government (or
anyone
> else). If a guy wants to sell his data and keep 100% of the profits
> instead of 50% or 60%, then Anguilla would be a haven for him.
>
> 3) We don't have the same laws as other countries, so there are things
> that can be done here. For example, we can export encryption
> software. Also, we will have bingo.com in Anguilla.
>
> There are deficiencies from a cypherpunk or Libertarian point of view.
And
> these are interesting. And exactly what I want to do is changing. As I
> said, Anguilla is not the datahaven of cypherpunks wet dreams. I am sure
> there are no datahavens that match the cypherpunk concept of an ideal
> datahaven, yet.
>
> But I think the term DataHaven applies as well to Anguilla as any other
> place I know of.
>
> Tim, we would all be very happy if you were to locate a country that
could
> be the site of the ideal datahaven, and finance a couple cypherpunks to
> setup there. It would be a big help to our cause. Could you do this?
>
> In the mean time, people may have to exist in cyberspace (like
> www.taxbomber.com) without having a totally secure physical location.
> This is not the end of the world, or really even that painful. If done
> right you could be down for only an hour - just long enough for
> nameservers to change. Taxbomber is now setup to do it very fast next
> time, if the need ever comes. Tim, I think you have even advocated this
> approach, not stressing the physical location, just the cyberspace
> location. No?
>
> -- Vince
>
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