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It is an all too common misconception that anonymity equals privacy. Anonymity and privacy may be related, but their significance is worlds apart.

Do you wonder what other people know about you? A good starting point is:

• http://www.all-nettools.com/tools1.htm

There are hundreds of web-based email services that appear to offer anonymity. Few really do. These include names such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Excite, Pobox, Dejanews, and too many more to list here. In each of these cases, the user is allowed to create a pseudonym that he uses for his messages. Unfortunately, through sign-up procedures, logging, and message headers, it is amazingly simple to determine your ISP, and even your true identity, when you use these services.

For the obvious reason, there is no point in wasting space dealing with those types of services. Instead, we’ll try to provide information on methods that offer at least a degree of anonymity. As the user, it is your responsibility to know that your internet anonymity is only as secure as the service’s privacy policy. You should always familiarize yourself with the usage and privacy policies of any E-mail or internet service you consider using.

• http://www.skuz.net
• http://www.securenym.net
• http://www.hushmail.com
• http://www.ziplip.com
• http://www.anonymizer.com
• http://www.ultimate-anonymity.com
• http://www.nymserver.com
• http://www.gilc.org
• http://www.privacyx.com

THE best means to insure e-mail and usenet anonymity remains the remailer network. There are some trade-offs, but used properly, there is no way a user can be identified. Using any search engine, enter the keyword ‘remailer’ to begin learning about the remailer network. If you want to use the remailer network today, get QuickSilver. This is an absolutely great ap which makes remailer use as easy as it gets.

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