Re: Freenet Anyone?   
     By: Voxigo to echicken on Wed Feb 03 2010 18:29:08   
      
    > I wonder if that problem doesn't exist with a BBS as well.   
    > One doesn't know what is on the same server that contains   
    > your name, address, phone number, birth date, sex, and   
    > other personal information.   
      
   That's an interesting point, but at least in this scenario you aren't hosting   
   someone else's illegal stuff yourself - your name is simply sitting on the same   
   drive as it while it remains on somebody else's machine.  Even if that drive   
   were confiscated by the authorities and your name fell under scrutinous eyes   
   you'd still be a far cry from having served up illegal materials from your own   
   system.   
      
   What you've said does make sense but doesn't need to be limited to the BBS    
   world; the same concerns could be apply to membership with any kind of website.   
   Plus there's like five people still using BBSes so they probably don't fetch   
   much attention from the authorities. :)   
      
   echicken   
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