-Caveat Lector- "Imagine if the post office could read the contents of your letter and take a snapshot before sending it on its way. Or what if the shopping mall could hire someone to follow you secretly from store to store, recording everything you stopped to look at? Privacy threats just like these are commonplace on the Internet." Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave I have no personal financial interest in this info. Check it out at www.zeroknowledge.com/ http://www.freedom.net/info/ < Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with the tools to protect their privacy and freedom while on the Internet. The nature of the Internet and the diverse international make up of its citizens dictates that protecting privacy with multi-jurisdictional legislation and mediocre security will not provide true privacy nor security. True privacy and security on the Internet can only be assured with mathematics, cryptography and source code. Our goal is to redefine identity on the Internet. Our customers will control their identities and the amount of information that is created, collected, and profiled about those identities. Our solution is to create authenticated digital pseudonyms that bear no necessary relation to the actual person behind them. This allows our users total freedom to express ideas, communicate and live in cyberspace. We believe in the concept of digital citizens who exist in cyberspace and transcend the physical location to which they may be bound. Cyberspace has no borders and, as such, must be freed from traditional concepts of passports and credential systems. We are working to provide that credential and identity management system to the digital citizens of cyberspace and to protect their identity and freedoms while online.> =========================== ZERO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS RELEASES THE FIRST AND ONLY TOTAL INTERNET PRIVACY SOLUTION - FREEDOM 1.0TM -- Technology Gives Internet Users Freedom From Online Surveillance and Profiling -- Montreal - Dec. 13, 1999 - Zero-Knowledge Systems today announced the limited commercial release of Freedom 1.0 - the world's first total Internet privacy solution. Freedom is the only technology available today that gives users absolute online privacy without requiring that they trust a third party with their personal information. A powerful yet easy-to-use application, Freedom lets users associate their online activities with digital personas called pseudonyms or "nyms," preventing the unwanted collection of information about their true identities. "Freedom is about promoting online consumer privacy, empowering people to understand and control what happens to their personal information when they venture onto the Internet," said Austin Hill, president of Zero-Knowledge Systems. "When you use the Internet, your personal information is routinely recorded, archived and sold without your knowledge. With Freedom, you can browse the Web, take part in newsgroup discussions, send email and chat online without leaking out any of your personal information." Using top-strength encryption, Freedom reroutes user data through multiple servers, operated by partnering ISPs around the world, to provide a completely private Internet experience for web, email, newsgroup and IRC chat activities. "Creating a privacy infrastructure for the Internet was an incredible challenge," said Ian Goldberg, chief scientist for Zero-Knowledge Systems. "Created against almost impossible technical odds, Freedom is by far the easiest-to-use encryption-based technology ever made. Freedom will correct many of the Internet's privacy deficiencies by empowering users to control who gets access to their personal information." Availability: Freedom will be available to a maximum of 100,000 users through mid-February. The complete package, including five Freedom nyms, can be downloaded at www.freedom.net for US $49.95. A 30-day free trial version is also available for download. Freedom is fully compatible with Microsoft Explorer, Netscape Communicator and most other Internet applications. About Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc. Founded in 1997, Zero-Knowledge Systems (www.zeroknowledge.com) is the first and only company providing a total privacy solution for Internet users. Based in Montreal, the company employs 100 people and is rapidly expanding its operations. Journalists can visit the Zero-Knowledge pressroom at www.zeroknowledge.com/pressroom. Consumers can buy or download a free trial version of Freedom at www.freedom.net. FreedomTM is a trademark of Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For additional information or for referral to industry analysts or privacy organizations, contact: Dov Smith Director of Public Relations 514.287.7447 x 248 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kristy Jarosh The Weber Group 415.616.6037 [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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