[thelist] "Anonymous web-surfing should be a criminal offense"

"Anonymous web-surfing should be a criminal offense"

A Dutch Member of Parliament, Oussama Cherribi, who formerly opposed
Scientology by posting its copyrighted documents on his  website, came out
against anonymity on the net. Without anonymity, the materials that
elevated Scientology from a mere wealthy "religious" cult to a butt of
net.scorn never would have  come to light -- let alone into Cherribi's
hands. His outburst was provoked by an announcement by  XS4ALL, the
venerable Dutch ISP with roots in the  "Hacktic" techno-anarchist
collective, that it would participate in Zero Knowledge Systems'  Freedom
Network, a new  client-server network for obscuring the activities and
identities of netizens as they go about their net.business.
The Dutch e-zine _Webwereld_ quoted him as saying, "Anonymous web surfing
should be a criminal offense, and unlimited anonymity should become a penal
offense." The predictable  justification: "It is a matter of the security
of the state." We expect many more "official"  reactions of this kind to
Freedom; but, given the spotty track record of hysterical law-and-order
fanatics, we won't regard their criticisms as authoritative recommendations
that  Freedom really is as good as we would like.

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Bitbucket			07.01.2000
Bits And Blips From Around The Net

isn't there just a similiar campaign in Clinton-land?
Computer warfare under space agency?

oh, how I hate those "we have to protect you from your freedom"
talkers..

anyone heard about NZ and the Echelon station there?

sorry for ranting,
no tip at the moment at hand
.wolf