US DoC on anonymizer

Vipul Ved Prakash vipul at pobox.com
Sat Aug 23 13:08:13 PDT 1997



Ulf =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=F6ller?= wrote:

> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/speeches/licomnet_101496.htm

>  "A Vision of Tomorrow: Using Technology to Empower, Not to Control"

>    We also endorse the use of technology to give privacy protection. For

Ah! The holy sanction.  

>    instance, individuals can use filtering technologies that read rating
>    tags and block those that fail to achieve a desired level of privacy.
>    PICS technology is being adapted to screen out Web sites that do not
>    adhere to a specified level of privacy protection. Another example is

What does this exactly mean? 

>    the "anonymizer," which assigns an anonymous identity to a user and
>    allows the user to shield personal information from Web sites that he
>    or she visits.

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