Posted by Malcolm on March 19, 1999 at 17:42:49 {MW/xkyMS0F4R.}:
This is the solution for JWs who want to avoid getting stalked on this dangerous internet by crazies! This software actually manages several online 'identities'. Better still nobody will ever track you down.
This company, Zero-Knowledge Systems, has also announced the first security bug in the newly release Pentium III processor. That bug could allow anyone to snatch the serial number and reveal your true identity! This site tells you how to protect yourself from this bug and remain truly anonymous on the web.
Part of article on new product to truly give you anonymity and use of their anonymous servers follows.
The Privacy
Solution for Internet Users
FreedomTM is easy-to-use software designed to give you total privacy while on the Internet. This driver-level software runs in conjunction with all your current Internet software, ensuring
your privacy in a totally transparent, unobtrusive way. Freedom uses high-grade public key cryptography to encrypt the contents of any Internet transmission, including e-mail, chat room, web browsing and newsgroups. It also protects the
source and destination of all Internet traffic.
Freedom simultaneously
Customized Pseudonyms to Manage your Identities
Freedom allows you
to create one or several digital pseudonyms. A digital pseudonym lets you create a unique online identity for yourself (which may or may not be like your true self) that you can use to perform all your Internet-related tasks. You are the
sole owner of the pseudonyms, which can be configured to have different e-mail addresses, geographic locations and encryption keys. Different pseudonyms give you the opportunity to separately explore completely different areas of the
Internet and avoid being profiled by Internet marketers.
You choose how to use your online identities. For example, if you like to debate politics online you can designate one pseudonym as your "politics" pseudonym. Use it when you post in political newsgroups, surf activist web sites, e-mail your political contacts and chat in political chat rooms. No one can trace it back to your real self.
Any concern you have about people monitoring you or collecting your personal information on the Internet is gone. Your boss will not be able to find out what you like to chat about on your own time. Marketers cannot generate a profile of you and put you onto mailing lists without your consent.
No one--not even Zero-Knowledge Systems--will be able to find out who is behind a digital identity.
Full Strength Encryption and Cookie JarsTM
Each digital identity uses full strength encryption that ranges from 128-4096 bits. This transparent encryption permits all outgoing Internet packets, e-mail and newsgroup postings to be encrypted, and where appropriate, digitally signed by the pseudonym's public key.
Every Freedom user is connected to a Freedom server that anonymizes source information to protect your identity. When sending e-mail both the sender and recipient's addresses are encrypted, as well as the message itself.
Many web site place cookies (little bits of information) on your computer to record and customize your visit. To prevent cookies from revealing or correlating any of your identities, Freedom has a cookie management system called Cookie Jars. Each digital identity has its own Cookie Jar, and any cookie received by that identity is collected in its individual jar. This way, your digital identities remain completely separate from each other and from your real self.
Advanced Spam Control
Freedom also has advanced spam filtering tools so you can filter out unwanted, unsolicited e-mail sent to your pseudonyms. When enabled, Freedom's anti-spam functions eliminate 100% of unwanted bulk email before it even gets to your mailbox.
For a complete list of Freedom's features and technical details, see the white paper.