Text 27326, 77 rader
Skriven 2015-09-01 13:33:22 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.73)
  Kommentar till text 27293 av Kurt Weiske (46286.fidonews)
Ärende: Z1C
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01 Sep 15 05:58, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

 AI>> It certainly covers the technical side of echomail. But then there is
 AI>> the content side. Do you want to / can you police the content of
 AI>> echomail?

 KW> And do you want to be liable for missing content that's legal and/or
 KW> otherwise actionable when you've made a claim to controlling content?
 KW> That was the common carrier argument from back in the 80s. We provide
 KW> a service, we can't possibly monitor every message going through the
 KW> network. Otherwise, imagine the liabilities...

this is exactly why i do not and never have professed to read every message in
every area on my system or even those that simply pass through my system... i
especially have never posted anything like the following seen on many BBSes
which, btw, does leave them wide open to possible legal problems...

[quote]
PURSUANT TO THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT OF 1986 (18 U.S.C. 2510
et seq.), notice is hereby given that there are NO facilities provided by this
system for sending or receiving _CONFIDENTIAL_ electronic communications. The
System Operator and assignees reserve the right to read all messages left by
any user, & may also edit, move or delete public AND private messages when
necessary to preserve the continuity, integrity and overall subject matter of
the BBS which is under their sole ownership, responsibility and financial
control.
[/quote]

especially the part where it says the operator and assignees reserve the right
to read all messages... that simple phrasing leaves them open... especially
when they don't catch messages like this one...

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On: Wed 25 Dec 96 10:22
By: mark lewis
To: Dick Sieg
Re: Encoding MS Mail
St: Local
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 JS>> What I'd like to know is, Can I encrypt this mail so that it
 JS>> is not readable to him.  I'm aware of things like PGP and
 JS>> such, but can they be used in this situation and how?

 DS> On our Northeast Ohio PC Club (NEOPC) BBS we do not allow any
 DS> messages containing encryption, Because we are responsible
 DS> for the content of traffic on our BBS.  Your administrator
 DS> might have the same restrctions.

the proposal that any system will be able to keep encrypted
messages off it is false.  it is too easy to hide messages in
traffic.  any claim that review by a sysop will even slow it
down is extremely overoptimistic.  it is a trivial task to
hide anything in a message.  even if you read every message
in all the echos, you cannot find all the hidden ones.
i guarantee that those that claim to remove encrypted messages
off their message base will be those most likely to have them
posted on their machine unknowingly.  how many people can even
try reading all messages on their systems?  not many...
i can reassure you that even those who don't have a life, it
is impossible you can review every permutation of a message.
having stated that you will review your message base for
all the hidden meanings only makes you more liable for your
messages.

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now go back and read down the second column in the unquoted portion ;)

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