[freehaven-dev] [rivest@theory.lcs.mit.edu: IP: ANONYMITY THREATENED IN EUROPE Edupage, 28 April 2000]

[Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>]

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Subject: [farber@cis.upenn.edu: IP: ANONYMITY THREATENED IN EUROPE Edupage, 28 April 2000]


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>The European Parliament may place restrictions on the use of
>anonymous e-mail in an effort to check criminal activity online.
>Although current regulations encourage the use of anonymous Web
>access, particularly for payment services, last week the
>parliament's Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home
>Affairs committee reportedly endorsed new restrictions on
>anonymous re-mailers.  A Dutch parliament member in January said
>that anonymous Web surveying should be a criminal offense, while
>restricting anonymous online activities was advocated in a recent
>U.S. White House report.  Privacy advocates say anonymity is an
>important tool to prevent spying online, while others worry that
>it offers too many opportunities for criminal misuse.
>(Wired News, 26 April 2000)
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