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Re: Los Angeles Times article on Helsingius and anon.penet.fi
On Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:54:37 -0700, Lance Cottrell wrote:
>>Note Esther Dyson's comments:
>> "The damage that can be done by anonymity is far bigger" than in
>> any other medium, said Esther Dyson, chairwoman of the Electronic
>> Frontier Foundation. "In the end, you need to be able to get at
>> somebody's identity to enforce accountability, and the question is how
>> do you also enforce freedom of speech and freedom from prosecution for
>> unpopular opinions."
<SNIP>
>Is this the official EFF position on remailers? This strong anti-remailer
>position needs to be retracted or widely publicized.
I doubt they'd publicize it; it'd probably cost them a *lot* of supporters.
- "'Anonymity is bad,' says a source who wishes to remain anonymous." - Nuff' said.
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