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----- Original Message -----
From: MichaelP <papadop@PEAK.ORG>
To: <unlikely.suspects :;>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 2:19 AM
Subject: RELEASE of TOTAL INTERNET PRIVACY SOFTWARE


> I have no personal financial interest in this info.
> Check it out at www.zeroknowledge.com/
>
> Cheers
> MichaelP
>
> < Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc. is dedicated to providing our customers with
> the tools to protect their privacy and freedom while on the Internet. The
> nature of the Internet and the diverse international make up of its
> citizens dictates that protecting privacy with multi-jurisdictional
> legislation and mediocre security will not provide true privacy nor
> security. True privacy and security on the Internet can only be assured
> with mathematics, cryptography and source code.
>
> Our goal is to redefine identity on the Internet. Our customers will
> control their identities and the amount of information that is created,
> collected, and profiled about those identities. Our solution is to create
> authenticated digital pseudonyms that bear no necessary relation to the
> actual person behind them. This allows our users total freedom to express
> ideas, communicate and live in cyberspace.
>
> We believe in the concept of digital citizens who exist in cyberspace and
> transcend the physical location to which they may be bound. Cyberspace has
> no borders and, as such, must be freed from traditional concepts of
> passports and credential systems. We are working to provide that
> credential and identity management system to the digital citizens of
> cyberspace and to protect their identity and freedoms while online.>
>
> ===========================
>
> ZERO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS RELEASES THE FIRST AND ONLY TOTAL INTERNET PRIVACY
> SOLUTION - FREEDOM 1.0TM
>
> -- Technology Gives Internet Users Freedom From Online Surveillance and
> Profiling --
>
> Montreal - Dec. 13, 1999 -
>
> Zero-Knowledge Systems today announced the limited commercial release of
> Freedom 1.0 - the world's first total Internet privacy solution. Freedom
> is the only technology available today that gives users absolute online
> privacy without requiring that they trust a third party with their
> personal information. A powerful yet easy-to-use application, Freedom lets
> users associate their online activities with digital personas called
> pseudonyms or "nyms," preventing the unwanted collection of information
> about their true identities.
>
> "Freedom is about promoting online consumer privacy, empowering people to
> understand and control what happens to their personal information when
> they venture onto the Internet," said Austin Hill, president of
> Zero-Knowledge Systems. "When you use the Internet, your personal
> information is routinely recorded, archived and sold without your
> knowledge. With Freedom, you can browse the Web, take part in newsgroup
> discussions, send email and chat online without leaking out any of your
> personal information."
>
> Using top-strength encryption, Freedom reroutes user data through multiple
> servers, operated by partnering ISPs around the world, to provide a
> completely private Internet experience for web, email, newsgroup and IRC
> chat activities.
>
> "Creating a privacy infrastructure for the Internet was an incredible
> challenge," said Ian Goldberg, chief scientist for Zero-Knowledge Systems.
> "Created against almost impossible technical odds, Freedom is by far the
> easiest-to-use encryption-based technology ever made. Freedom will correct
> many of the Internet's privacy deficiencies by empowering users to control
> who gets access to their personal information."
>
> Availability:
>
> Freedom will be available to a maximum of 100,000 users through
> mid-February. The complete package, including five Freedom nyms, can be
> downloaded at www.freedom.net for US $49.95. A 30-day free trial version
> is also available for download. Freedom is fully compatible with Microsoft
> Explorer, Netscape Communicator and most other Internet applications.
>
> About Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc.
>
> Founded in 1997, Zero-Knowledge Systems (www.zeroknowledge.com) is the
> first and only company providing a total privacy solution for Internet
> users. Based in Montreal, the company employs 100 people and is rapidly
> expanding its operations. Journalists can visit the Zero-Knowledge
> pressroom at www.zeroknowledge.com/pressroom. Consumers can buy or
> download a free trial version of Freedom at www.freedom.net.
>
> FreedomTM is a trademark of Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc. All other
> trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
>
> For additional information or for referral to industry analysts or privacy
> organizations, contact:
>
> Dov Smith Director of Public Relations 514.287.7447 x 248
> dov@zeroknowledge.com
>
> Kristy Jarosh The Weber Group 415.616.6037 kjarosh@ca.webergroup.com
>