Neat example of anonymous communications

[SteveC]

On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Ross Anderson wrote:
> One of the more heartening stories in the Sunday papers was of an
> adoption from America which actually worked. The birth mother and
> the adoptive parents used throwaway webmail accounts to establish
> mutually anonymous communication, which the agency helped set up.

hmmm Have there been cases where webmail providers have been forced to
disclose details? And what details do they record of each connection to a
webmail account IP, duration etc?

I just wish this whole "evil intermet" thing would go away. Yes a brick
could be thrown at somebody as well as building a house. Evil bricks!

have fun,

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