IP: Email Assist for Yugoslavs

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:27:54 -0800
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: James Glave <james () wired com>
> Subject: Email Assist for Yugoslavs
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/18765.html
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> Email Assist for Yugoslavs
> by Leander Kahney, Wired News
>
> 12:25 p.m.  26.Mar.99.PST
> An anonymous email service has stepped into the Balkan war zone to help
> shield the identities of Yugoslavia's many online correspondents.
>
> Anonymizer.com is creating a special filter and inviting Yugoslavs to send
> their email through it. Lance Cottrell, the owner of the service, says he
> hopes to protect them from reprisals by the authorities. 
>
> "If someone is being monitored, the authorities will be able to tell they
> are connected to the anonymizer server, but will not be able to tell what
> they are communicating or who to," Cottrell said. "It's a huge step above
> what they are doing now. It's probably enough for their purposes." 
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> James Glave, News Editor, Wired News http://www.wired.com  +1 (415) 276-8430