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Re: Anguilla - A DataHaven?
On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Vincent Cate wrote:
>
> 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 way that you suggest, I would argue it is not possible. You cannot
ever have a "DataHaven" in a single jurisdiction. As Mr. Cate notes,
there is no jurisdiction that will fit the bill, nor do I ever expect
that one will be created.
> In the mean time, people may have to exist in cyberspace (like
> www.taxbomber.com) without having a totally secure physical location.
The trick is to get the ISP to exist in cyberspace, or ever will it be
subject to the whim of the local authority.
This is a key and very important distinction.
> 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?
I have advocated the approach, but as applied to service providers, not
users of service providers.
> -- Vince
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