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

Yeah, well he isn't a real dutchman anyhow. Unlike me, who would never say
such a thing.

No seriously. This is really another case of Al Gore-itis. (That oughta
become a word) . He basically has nothing to do with the technological
development anyhow. One of my employers that does have something to do with
it, being in the 6 man Royal Dutch Committee of Technology, was ranting and
raving about it to me just now.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: A. Erickson <ilsa@earthlink.net>
To: <thelist@lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 7:46 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] "Anonymous web-surfing should be a criminal offense"


> I think this may be a case of one individual 'going off the meds' -- it
> doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
>
> - amanda
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-admin@lists.evolt.org
> > [mailto:thelist-admin@lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Wolfgang Bromberger
> > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 10:59 AM
> > To: thelist@lists.evolt.org
> > Subject: [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.
> >
> > [..]
> > from
> > 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
> >
> >
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