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IP: Strassmann/Marlow Response About Remailers
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 11:38:21 -0500
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To: Whomever This May Concern We find that a report by a Mr. Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger citing our alleged statements at a Harvard University Conference has been widely quoted on Internet, out of context. Specifically, he attributed to us statements that a number of anonymous remailers in the US are run by government agencies and that the most popular remailers in France and Germany are also run by government agencies. What Mr. Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger reported as facts are his interpretations. Our comments were of a general academic nature. We were not attributing remailer activities to any specific governments, but rather commenting on the general situation where much of the research on the use of networks has been paid for by governments and therefore one can assume that they would know how to make use of such facilities. We have no specific knowledge of any particular agency of any government offering remailers services. Whether or how they use remailers is not known to us. Online users just need to be "aware of the risks." Paul A. Strassmann, National Defense University William J. Marlow, SAIC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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