{"id":2874,"date":"2011-10-10T06:02:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T10:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=2874"},"modified":"2011-10-10T06:02:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T10:02:36","slug":"sonic-net-tor-and-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=2874","title":{"rendered":"Sonic.net, TOR and the law"},"content":{"rendered":"

C\/Net coverage<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonic.net is in the news this morning.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The two newscasts I have heard so far identify sonic.net as a “Small Internet Company”.\u00a0 There are a few companies that stand out above the rest with a reputation for knowing what they’re doing and willing to go toe-to-toe with the government to protect their users.\u00a0\u00a0 Some of you know that I used to own FindAnISP.com and have a very thorough knowledge of who is in the internet business and their reputations (until 2005 when I stopped updating the database).<\/p>\n

The government has given itself the power to serve an ISP with a warrant to secretly turn over email records – there is no provision for the target to challenge the request, and the ISP faces criminal penalties if they notify the target that they have complied with a warrant.<\/p>\n

The person whose email contacts were demanded is a developer of a piece of software called TOR.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOR<\/a> has existed for a long time and it was originally developed by the US Navy.\u00a0\u00a0 TOR is a system that allows a computer to use random insecure internet connections to create secure encrypted untraceable communications – to bypass IP blocks and content blocks (Like the Great Internet Wall of China).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It provides a significant degree of anonymous access when using the Internet – and used by the government, journalists, and clued in people who don’t like others tracking everything they do.<\/p>\n

And there is the rub – the group Anonymous.\u00a0\u00a0 From the vague description on the news, it sounds like the Government thinks that gathering up all the email addresses of a software developer who supports the concept of what Anonymous is doing (who is not charged with any criminal activity) might lead them to a clue to find out who Anonymous really is.<\/p>\n

Both Google (presumably because of gmail) and Sonic.net are mentioned in the story.\u00a0\u00a0 According to the story, Sonic.Net spent money to get permission\u00a0 from a court to notify the person involved that there was a warrant.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sonic.Net is probably the single most aggressive ISP at protecting customer privacy, and works with and supports the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF).<\/p>\n

I look forward to seeing all those anti-Bush people who opposed “Warrantless wiretaps” now protesting President Obama and demanding that Eric Holder step down.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I think I may be waiting for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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