because of the encryption and the ability to do things behind closed
doors that are illegal.

--- In waste-discuss@yahoogroups.com, Lucas Gonze <lgonze@...> wrote:
>
> twofish1344 wrote:
> > i got an email from you though im not that much into emails.
>
> You got the email because you joined a mailing list. Using email. Do
> you remember doing that? This is a sincere question.
>
> Which brings me to the general issue of being into email or not,
because
> it makes me think about the relationship between private networks like
> WASTE and public networks like email. A WASTE network is a lot like a
> private group on some social network or another, except that the
> connectivity layer is provided by group members rather than a third
> party host like Myspace. In both cases the circle is closed off to the
> rest of the world. To even send messages into the space, much less
read
> messages already in the space, you have to be added.
>
> It's a profoundly weird idea. The history of the internet is about
> connecting, not disconnecting. So why the rush to disconnect? What's
> the value?
>
> > please check your IM gmail and don't forget to add me in your contact
> > list.
>
> Um, no. This is a public group joined together with internet
standards,
> e.g. SMTP. The thing you have in mind is the walled garden at gmail.
>