A Peculiar Blog

Welcome back!I was going through some of my long neglected email this morning and among a collection of prototype 37c reviews, allegedly “breaking” news items about the antics of this or that sports figure and at least three people writing to say that they have discovered “the” secret to making money online and were willing [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads 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 [...]

 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 So says an article on Chicagotribune.com in which they point out what should be obvious to anyone. Now that social media such as facebook, myspace, twitter and dozens more are such a huge part of most people’s lives, the feds are spending more and more time watching them.
Not only that [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads Time was when the classic image of somebody bugging somebody electronically involved finding a Sam Spade wannabe in some hole in the wall office with little more than a filing cabinet or two, a bottle of scotch and a huge desk that served as a place to store a box of [...]