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Re: discipline and punishment on the Net



An ISP is a private corporation; they have the right to run their business
how they like (within federal laws). If the bigwigs wish to censor
information that goes to their server, more power to them. As long as
SafeNet is frank about their policies, I say let them establish their
reputation and let the market decide whether their philosophy succeeds or
fails, in much the way that the market decides whether big poofy jeans or
<insert your favorite product> will succeed or fail.

I personally won't subscribe to SafeNet because I decide for myself what
is safe and what is not. If someone else feels the need to have an ISP to
make that decision, more power to them.

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On another note, we have several complicating issues concerning our
privacy on the Net. We use state-owned computers, and whatever information
we store on them is technically accessible to the state. I would
appreciate it if the state kept its nose out of my business, but while my
email is on the server I'm going to expect that it's possible for someone
else to read it. As soon as it's on my own computer, though, the only way
that information can be accessed is with my permission or a legitimate
search warrant.

Of course, if I really want to keep things private, I have a PGP key. It's
about the best one can do right now.

john

http://sunsite.unc.edu/smiley/

"I do not associate morality with my feet."
					--Alana Gettman




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