Mac, I'm actually the operations advisor for XeroBank, which is incorporated in Panama. Servers are located in the US, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Malaysia, Denmark, and the UK. The network is fully operational, with some users reporting speeds of >25Mbps of international traffic throughput, with a <250ms response time total trip.
We do not use the Tor network, but an IPSec cascade, with OpenVPN connection clients. Our software, however, is compatible with the Tor network. All payments are anonymized through a technology called VAULTS, which stands for Variable Anonymous User Letterbox Token System. When you sign up, you are assigned a deposit account that can handle your ID/payment method. Your account is funded with chaumian tokens. You are also assigned an anonymous access account. Tokens flow from the deposit account to the anonymous access account in a one-way transaction so we cannot tell who 'funded' which account. This allows us to anonymize the payments and identity of account holders, from the activities of the account itself. Kind of a complex design, but it allows xb to use any payment method they want, which is currently confined to credit/debit/wire. I won't comment on anonymizer as I'm not here to impeach their integrity. You can contact me offlist to discuss if you like. > You are emailing from an [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gmail account: Why > not yet your own protected, firewalled and encrypted email server yet? > .. It doesn't gives much confidence in your privacy knowledge. I am not attempting to hide my identity or source, my content and context are not sensitive. However, we do have private, firewalled, anonymized, superultramagical etc., encrypted-only IMAP/SMTP servers. That and I don't want mailing lists constantly streaming into my personal communications email box. > Anyway, if you are able to really improve free tor > privacy/anonymity/security for global customers, my felicitations, and I > would study your offer-s seriously in a near future, if not for my > personal use, yes for my pseudonymously posted privacy/security blogs. We offer free service for journalists in areas where there are significant restrictions on free speech and free press. > Mac. > If you do gpg mail (I couldn't find your pug pgp/gpg key at any pub > keyserver), enclosed is my pub-key for non-post mailing if-when any. My public key is 0xBB678C30, and available on most keyservers. It is neither my intent nor desire to turn this message into a commercial advertisement. If you have more questions pertaining to xb's services, please contact me offlist. However, if you have more questions about anonymity networks in general, I am happy to discuss it. Regards, Steve
