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Re: bulk postage fine (was Re: non-censorous spam control)
On Sun, Aug 03, 1997 at 12:29:37PM +0100, Adam Back wrote:
> Here's the sequence of events as I see it:
>
> 1. spammer spams you with adverisement for phone sex line
> 2. you try to sue phone sex line company
> 3. phone sex company denies all knowledge
> 4. government says all email must be authenticated
> 5. government issues internet drivers license
> 6. anonymous remailers work around authentication requirement
> 7. government outlaws remailers
>
> See any flaws in that logical and undesirable sequence of events?
The flaws become apparent if you try to attach a *realistic*
probability to each step.
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