17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Hal wrote:
It would seem that an equally effective method would be to use no encryption, but just a secret URL, one which is not linked to from elsewhere - an "island in the net", so to speak (apologies to Bruce Sterling).
The URL would still be visible in your ISP's http log and, in som cases, to other users of the ISP. You'd have to cont on low traffic and little interest from other users in your ISP from browsing the world-readable bits of your home directory. A case of an ISP closing someone's account because of an objection to an unliked gif was sent to Declan's fight-censorship list a few days ago. -rich