On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 10:12 AM, John S. Denker wrote:
*) Anonymity means They can't prove you're guilty. But it also means you can't prove you're innocent. A sufficiently totalitarian regime will require everyone to be able to prove their innocence at all times. Subscribing to an anonymity service would therefore be automatically illegal.
While IANL, it seems that the whole anonymity game has a flaw that doesn't even require a totalitarian regime. I would direct you to the various laws in the US (to pick a random example :) regarding conspiracy. Subscribing to an anonymity service might not become illegal, but if anyone in your "crowd" was performing an illegal action you may be guilty of conspiracy to commit this action. You were explicitly trying to assist someone to avoid lawful detection of illegal activity, therefore you are in danger of being charged with conspiracy to commit the illegal act (even if the overt act was never successfully completed, which is where things could get really surreal for the remailer/crowds/proxy groups.) It is also worth noting that the burden of proof in a conspiracy trial is substantially lower than for other cases...
Jim
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