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Anonym.OS a Boon for Privacy Geeks?
The Hosting Guy writes "Wired is running an article about a live CD that makes anonymous browsing easy enough for everyone. 'So easy to use you can hand it to your grandmother and send her off on her own to the local Starbucks.' Anonym.OS makes extensive use of Tor, the onion routing network that relies on an array of servers passing encrypted traffic to permit untraceable surfing."
I don't get the whole Tor thing, nor do I get running a Gnutella or Freenet node. The thing is, if you use or contribute to these anonymising services, you might think you're anonymous and safe, or that you're doing a great service to freedom of speech, but the real thing you're doing is plastering a big "I have something to hide, like trading kidding porn" sign to anybody willing to trace your communications in the first place.
Sad but real.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
On the behalf of al qaeda, I'd like to thank the creators of the CD.
death to america
-osama bin laden
Havent you heard? If you have nothing to hide, you shouldnt be hiding.
What are you, a terrorist or something?
---- Booth was a patriot ----
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