A Peculiar Blog

Welcome back!I recently posted about the Matterhorn remailer being down. This morning I found an announcement in alt.privacy.anon-server that it’s been restored to normal operation.
It does however, have a new mixmaster key. The best way to get the new key is to send an email to remailer AT rip DOT ax DOT lt [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I just read something on Slashdot that should be a great big red flag to anyone that has any interest in email privacy at all.
The 11th Circuit court handed down a decision in Rehberg v. Paulk which severely limits how much fourth amendment protection there is for Email. The decision [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I just ran across a post on alt.privacy.anon-server from yesterday announcing that the Matterhorn anonymous remailer is down, apparently due to a hard drive failure. Since the operator is out of the country it’s likely to be months before it’s restored to operation.
What I thought was a completely non-thought out [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I’ve been making it a point to PGP sign all of my emails for several years now and I still get the occasional question asking why I bother. The answer is simple really, I’m using it as a form of identity theft protection.
You see about five or six years ago [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads I just saw this little gem on Slashdot this morning:
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of well-known computer security
company Kaspersky Labs, is calling for an end to the anonymity of the
Internet, and for the creation of mandatory ‘Internet passports’ for
anyone who wishes to browse the Web
The very first thought I had after reading this [...]