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Re: bulk postage fine (was Re: non-censorous spam control)




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    Kent Crispin said:

>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.

Wasn't the UPS trying to promote some system of authentication (where you 
pay just as like you purchase postage stamps now) at a trade show of some 
description in the US this year or late last year? I recall a post on 
this to this list but can't recall the detail. Anyone recall the details 
of that post?

I know last year the australian post office suggested such a role for 
themselves and they didn't see it as a voluntary proposal. I haven't 
heard anything from them lately so maybe it was all just too difficult.

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