Re: [ISN] Email threats earn conviction (fwd)

[Missouri FreeNet Administration <measl@mfn.org>]

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, CyberPsychotic wrote:

<SNIP>

:Interestingly, a key piece of evidence included what is
:known as the public key in a program called Pretty Good Privacy, which is
:designed to conceal a computer user's identity. 

Really?  I _knew_ I was using it incorrectly! Damn!

:     "People may feel they are anonymous on the Internet, and that's not
:the case," Short said. 

And _THAT_ is what this case was really all about: beware what you say,
Big Brother *IS* watching, and you *WILL* pay for any act of
insubordination.

:"The level of understanding of the Internet is
:rising quite a bit within law enforcement." 

This is true.  Soon, they will be able to send email without disclosing
their actual identities (using PGP of course ;-)...


Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin@mfn.org

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Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
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