Sidney Markowitz writes: >> They both require that the use of such technologies be for >> the purpose of committing a crime.
>The Massachusetts law defines as a crime: >(b) Offense defined.--Any person commits an offense if he knowingly >(1) possesses, uses, manufactures, develops, assembles, distributes, >transfers, imports into this state, licenses, leases, sells or offers, >promotes or advertises for sale, use or distribution any communication >device: >[ ... ] or; >(ii) to conceal or to assist another to conceal from any communication >service provider, or from any lawful authority, the existence or place >of origin or destination of any communication; >[...] >(5) Assist others in committing any of the acts prohibited by this >section. To heck with remailers, anonymizing proxies, etal. As I read this, the USPO is liable if it accepts a letter without a correct return address. Peter Trei --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]