On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 13:07, Jesse Meyer wrote: > On Wed, 21 May 2003, Mike M wrote: > > Putting encryption software on a CD and mailing it to someone you don't know > > could be the first step in violating a federal law in some places on this > > planet. The person receiving the CD could forward it to a country that is > > restricted from such software by the sender's country, making the original > > sender a possible conspirator in this scenario. The US has laws regarding > > the export of encryption software. > > But look on the bright side - you get a free trip to Cuba. :) > > Also, under the current administration, it seems that they spare you the > trouble of finding a lawyer (since a US citizen does not > have the right to an attorney, or even knowing that an attorney is > working on their case), they spare you the trouble of going to trial > (they won't actually charge you with anything), and they spare > your family members from the pain of knowing that you are arrested > (they won't tell anyone). > > To be fair, this only happens in a small amount of cases (how many is > hard to say, since the US gov't is not releasing numbers right now), and > in most cases, you'll probably just be charged with some impressive > sounding charges in a federal court and get a huge amount of jail time > and/or fines. > > Still, I'm pissed off that any citizen of the US can be held by the > gov't indefinitely, without any charges, information, or access to a > lawyer. > Not strictly on topic, but dump some tea in Boston Harbour if it bothers you. > [/rant] > > So, which countries would be the best to mail this from? Probably one > of the countries hosting the non-us mirrors, I'd assume, unless they > distinguish network distribution and mail distribution. > > ~ Jesse Meyer -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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