Pirate Party introduces anonymous internet
Written by Ernesto on August 15, 2006The Swedish Pirate Party introduced a completely anonymous internet service called relakks. Relakks makes it possible to browse the web, and use p2p-applications (like BitTorrent) without being monitored by your ISP or anti-piracy gangs like the MPAA and RIAA.
Rickard Falkvinge, the leader of the Swedish Pirate Party states in the press release:
There are many legitimate reasons to want to be completely anonymous on the Internet,” says Rickard Falkvinge, chairman of the Pirate Party. “If the government can check everything each citizen does, nobody can keep the government in check. The right to exchange information in private is fundamental to the democratic society. Without a safe and convenient way of accessing the Internet anonymously, this right is rendered null and void.
Relakks will cost 5 euro ($6.30) a month or 50 euro a year. The service will provide the following.
A small part of the subcription fee will go directly to the Pirate Party. So you will support a good cause.
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The interesting question is what risk there is that Relakks will have to hand over traffic logs and user details to the authorities when requested.
The FAQ (in Swedish) says that Relakks is basically an ISP and has to follow same rules and laws as other ISPs (we all know how PRQ INET fared) with two main differences.
1. Users pre-pay for the service which means Relakks “does not have to keep a traditional user register”
2. If forced to, Relakks will only hand over user details that “were entered originally by the user”. This could mean that an user can enter fake details in which would offer some anonymity but I have not seen the sign-up process to be able to confirm this.
Call me sceptical but this is NOT the anonymous Internet solution we are craving for.
True, the ideal anonymous solution would unfortunately be illegal :(
Can you elaborate on why an anonymous Internet solution would be illegal please?
The best solution is to have your Internet connectivity in the name of a recently deceased relative. Deceased persons can not be sued. It is more complex (in the US) to sue the estate of a deceased person versus the person whilst alive. In addition, they’d have to unwind the first lawsuit and all of the accompanying embarrassment. Likely, they will just drop the matter and move on as continuing to pursue the matter will allow their first mis-step to be brought up continuously. Just make sure you pay the invoices promptly.
How does one ‘pay the invoices promptly’ - Credit Cards leave a trail that can be tracked - Nothing as ‘Anonymous Payments’
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Sometimes I wonder if — just as the motion picture, music, and publishing industries are fighting a losing battle against file sharing…
It sometimes seems like WE, the individual citizens of the world, are fighting a much more serious, losing battle… the battle for our own right to privacy.
And we seem to be losing terribly. And fast.
In their FAQ they outline that they are basically running an anonymizer service (bring your own broadband, then proxy your downloading through their servers), yet later they say they are technically considered an ISP. I don’t believe that they are an ISP, but the government may not have a more suitable name for the service they provide.
If you paid for a year in advance, using a cash substitute like a money order, gave them BS info (since most likely they will issue you a username/password) than you would not have to worry about Relakks directly handing over your information. However they could be forced to give the IP(s) you have connected to them through, which would be your broadband connection and then they could get your full info from your real ISP.
Also on the subject of it having to be a charge bearing at least two years in prison for them to give out your info, many charges have wide punishment guidelines. A charge could carry a maximum of two years in prison but in actuality never receive that much. Also all internet related crimes could be given an upper limit of two or more years in prison and that would be a way for the government to get around that obstruction.
I’m working on a universal wireless communications network that is fully encrypted and decentralized so there’s no “service providers” to spy on you, filter your packets, throttle your bandwidth, or turn your data over to the government. The best part? Since there’s no “service providers” there’s NO BILLS. This same service will work for telephone service also. I estimate the average person can save about $2k per year with this type of network, with none of the drawbacks we’re currently experiencing re: Comcast, AT&T, and the US Government.
Forgot to say, people have speculated that this will be an ad-supported network. I want to clarify up front there will be NO ADVERTISING. It’s all based on inter-operable standards and open source software / hardware. You can read more here: http://chaosmotor.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/designing-a-free-universal-wireless-communication-system/
basically u can try offshore dedicated server.
YOUR PC to PROXY or SOCKS to Offshore VPN or Server.
i been using this method awhile thing seems safe. the only thing worry about me is the offshore that i setup will get rated by Law enforcement one day.CHina and some asia country seems like is good place to host.
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