[Does anyone know any ISPs that do this or plan to do this? I remember that Lance's Anonymizer service at one point offered nationwide anonymous pay-with-cash/money-order dialup Internet service. Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04814.html --Declan] --- Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 09:49:46 -0700 To: declanat_private, politechat_private From: Steve Schear <schearat_private> Subject: Re: FC: Appeals court rejects Verizon's request, P2P users to be ID'd Cc: dmcowenat_private In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20030605014403.042d6488at_private> If the ISPs are really serious about customer privacy they will offer alternatives to credit cards and account based systems for payments, keep no long-term activity data on customers, and allow end-user access equipment (e.g., the cable modem) to have its identifying information reconfigurable by the end-user (via the LAN interface) so that it is not tied for very long to any specific user activities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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