That said, however, only a fool would rely on their ISP to guarantee
their privacy. I rely on the laws of mathematics to guarantee my
privacy; if the authorities want my information, they’re gonna
damn well have to break my crypto to get it. I use a nymserver for
my email–all email I send out goes through a chain of mixmaster
remailers to the nymserver.

Even the nymserver operator doesn’t know who I am, and has no way
of finding out. My incoming email goes to an anonymous message
pool; even if the authorities somehow track back my reply block,
they won’t get a real email address, just a link to encrypted
newsgroup messages they cannot read. No one reads my email without
my consent–and I’m not about to give consent, period.

Even as far as getting a judicial warrant is concerned–this is
supposed to be oversight?! The three magic words to say to a
judge to get a search warrant rubber-stamped are: “child porn” and
“terrorism.”

The police do not have a unblemished reputation–perjury is rampant;
witness the term “testilying.” Police lie all the time–when’s
the last time anyone saw a police officer disciplined–let alone
prosecuted–for lying, even under oath? The police are notorious
for not disclosing exculpatory evidence to the defence. The most
recent cases of this can be seen with respect to Operation Ore–the
massive ‘child porn’ bust a few years back. Evidence has now
come to light that the police contaminated the evidence, misled
prosecutors and judges alike as to the nature of the evidence–I
could practically write a book on the subject.

A net-acquaintance of mine recently commented that he knew
first-hand of a case in the UK where even the police officer who
made the application was astonished that a warrant to search for
child porn was granted, the case provided to the judge being so
transparently bogus.

Colour me cynical, but I have ZERO faith in the police and the
judiciary with respect to the protection of my interests.

You are indiscreet in your opening paragraph. Take care!

Dad