At 06:44 PM 8/21/03 +0200, Thomas Shaddack wrote:

Popular Net anonymity service back-doored Fed-up Feds get court order http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/32450.html

The popular Java Anonymous Proxy (JAP), used to anonymise one's comings and goings across the Internet, has been back-doored by court order. The service is currently logging access attempts to a particular, and unnamed, Web site and reporting the IP addys of those who attempt to contact it to the German police.

"What was the alternative? Shutting down the service? The security apparatchiks would have appreciated that - anonymity in the Internet and especially AN.ON are a thorn in their side anyway."

The way the Zealots dealt with Roman collaborators is becoming increasingly attractive...

Sorry, the Feds undoubtedly appreciated the JAP team's willingness to back-door the app while saying nothing about it a lot more than they would

In the US, their claims about anonymity would be *fraudulent* and subject to legal action. Perhaps some extra-German folks should use the proxy and hit a lot of National Socialist sites... don't want Grosser Bruder to get bored...