"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.
I agree with Peter. Now what are they going to with all that Postal mail without return addresses? Who is liable if you receive it? The Post Office? Will FedEx now require an ID before sending packages? Little electronic "ATM" like card readers for your ID card at the drop boxes and US mail boxes? If you send it electronically through your ISP and they let it get by, are they now liable if the receiver of the e-mail reports it. They did "assist another to conceal". Did they not? If you live in Mass but your ISP is in NY does the law apply? I am thinking if this is one of those laws passes because of ignorant voters and politicians. It will: A) Make a lot of attorneys rich. B) Get torn apart by case law, after making said attorneys rich. But that is just my opinion :) Dave _____________________ Dave Kleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.netmedic.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trei, Peter Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 23:55 To: 'Sidney Markowitz '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Subject: RE: Run a remailer, go to jail? 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
