As most of you are probably aware the ultimate whistleblower site, wikileaks, has once again been in the news quite a bit because it has published thousands of documents, messages and so on that have proven to be a major source of embarrassment to not only the US government but to several other governments around […]
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 with the […]
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 was that constitutional protection […]
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 answer to that post […]
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 I and people I […]