ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana | Yeah Sure
Heh-heh -- wait til the CALEA folks come-a-knocking |
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dardin
join:2002-11-19
Tucson, AZ
1 edit | ummmmmm............
How smart is this? Not smart at all. Just think of all the idiots who will use this service and get infected with viruses and the company cannot even contact their customers to inform them they are infected because they don't know which customers are infected. Not to mention if someone is hacking or doing other illegal things. If I was a spammer I'd be ordering this service today. You can spam and not even your ISP can identify it's coming from you.
This was created by a marketing department and I bet the network admins of this company are in a uproar over this.
Stupidest idea I have ever read. I'll be sure to blacklist this company from my mail servers. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs:
 ·DIRECTV
 ·magicjack.com
 ·AT&T Midwest
|  Well now
I wonder where most of the spammers and hackers are going to park now.. This can be good, remember in the james bond movie in the beginning where all the terrorists are buying weapons.. Just think we can take out all the internet problems in one swift stroke..
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justin
Australian
join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY
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Re: ummmmmm............
I don't understand what you mean at all.
quote:
Just think of all the idiots who will use this service and get infected with viruses and the company cannot even contact their customers to inform them they are infected because they don't know which customers are infected.
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micl
Visit Lovely Downtown Port Starboard
Premium
join:2001-10-25
Silver Spring, MD
| This is how all ISPs should act
This is how the phone company acts... as a common carrier. Once ISPs start meddling in content, they are on a slippery slope when it comes to having to enforce content restrictions of any sort.
Note that doing business this way does not put them above the law... it just takes them out of the police business. If DOJ or other police authority has a proper subpoena then they would have to comply, but that would leave the enforcement to those authorities and not the ISP.
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dardin
join:2002-11-19
Tucson, AZ
1 edit | reply to justin
Re: ummmmmm............
Basically they have no way to track their own abuse issues. They will have customers infected with viruses or hacked and they will have no way to know what customer it is.
This ISP will be like most of China. |
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justin
Australian
join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY | no ISPs act on that information anyway.
Contact a local ISP and tell them one of their subscribers is doing port scans, they don't do anything about it. So no loss. |
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PhoenixDown
-- Wants FIOS
Premium
join:2003-06-08
Fresh Meadows, NY
clubs:  | reply to David
Re: Well now
I am more worried about my privacy than a few extra spam messages. I seem to get them anyway, so how would this hurt?
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BadHat
Hook'M Horns
Premium
join:2003-10-14
Rosa's Place
clubs:
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Re: This is how all ISPs should act
said by micl  :
If DOJ or other police authority has a proper subpoena then they would have to comply, but that would leave the enforcement to those authorities and not the ISP.
I wonder about their ability to trace, if it is truly anonymous.
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Mellow
Premium
join:2001-11-16
Salisbury, MD
1 edit | not to cheap
$65/month for 1.5/128 . Not the cheapest provider on the block. Seems odd you would pay to have a static ip then not have the static ip and pay more to have the anondsl. Whatever floats your boat I guess. Not to mention the pricey setup fee. |
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gamecock
join:2002-01-15
Panama City Beach, FL
| reply to dardin
Re: ummmmmm............
said by dardin :
How smart is this?
This is very smart for a company wanting to attract a lot of users. This is a great service for file sharers and privacy freaks.
I'm too far from the Co to get DSL. If I could get it, I would sign up immediately. |
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stateq2
J Dilla
Premium
join:2003-03-27
Jackson, MS
| reply to Mellow
Re: not to cheap
said by Mellow :
$65/month for 1.5/128 . Not the cheapest provider on the block. Seems odd you would pay to have a static ip then not have the static ip and pay more to have the anondsl. Whatever floats your boat I guess. Not to mention the pricey setup fee.
if the service is as claimed, it's worth every penny
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | Total horse crap
There is no privacy on the Net. What one programmer compiles
another de-compiles; The Gospel of St. Bill chapter 3 ver 13
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djtim21
It's all good
Premium
join:2003-12-22
Buffalo Grove, IL
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They have to register the block of Public IP addresses, so it would be as easy to block all their traffic or even their domain in general. I would think that if you go to their service, you may be doing your self a dis-service due to just that issue. Honestly - if they get this up and running, I will block every public IP they have so as to insure that I won't have issues with them in the future :P |
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SuperJudge
Magus
Premium
join:2002-11-14
Albany, GA
clubs: | reply to Transmaster
Re: Total horse crap
It's a viscious cycle, encryption - decryption. |
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SuperJudge
Magus
Premium
join:2002-11-14
Albany, GA
clubs:
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Re: ummmmmm............
said by justin :
no ISPs act on that information anyway.
Contact a local ISP and tell them one of their subscribers is doing port scans, they don't do anything about it. So no loss.
Good point.
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dardin
join:2002-11-19
Tucson, AZ | reply to djtim21
Re: Easy to Block
Amen to that. I'm sure half the net will black list them in no time, as they become a spammer/virus haven. |
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jmn1207
Premium
join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to djtim21
said by djtim21 :
They have to register the block of Public IP addresses, so it would be as easy to block all their traffic or even their domain in general. I would think that if you go to their service, you may be doing your self a dis-service due to just that issue. Honestly - if they get this up and running, I will block every public IP they have so as to insure that I won't have issues with them in the future :P
Why would you feel that by blocking the domain or IP block you would be any more immune from trouble? The first thing most people will do is go through a proxy. It doesn't even have to be an anonymous proxy since your ISP will be taking care of all that for you. I don't like this idea. Nothing but trouble. |
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micl
Visit Lovely Downtown Port Starboard
Premium
join:2001-10-25
Silver Spring, MD
| reply to BadHat
Re: This is how all ISPs should act
said by BadHat :
I wonder about their ability to trace, if it is truly anonymous.
From the description, it sounds like they could trace on a real time basis perhaps since the ISP isn't saving the logs... but might be required to on a case by case basis if required under a subpeona.
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Megladon13
join:2003-09-05
Minneapolis, MN | reply to dardin
Re: ummmmmm............
2 or 3 terroristic threats to anyone @ whitehouse.gov from users of this service should shut it down rather quick. |
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