C I A non-profit venture capital company

[George Foot]

Thank you for this interesting information and your comments.

I take this opportunity of saying that I always read items posted by
you to ukcrypto and invariably find them to be of rewarding
interest.

George




In message <3.0.2.32.20010301071957.00733770@10.0.0.254>,
Donald ramsbottom <donald@ramsbottom.co.uk> writes
>
>Below is from a law ezine I receive (see after text for copyright details),
>I could not resist posting the extract below. Now call me an old cynic but
>who in the world would rely on anonymizing software, funded by the CIA,
>even if the code is "open source", especially when millions if not billions
>are spent by them trying to make sure they CAN track everybody down.
>
>I'm not having a premature "senior moment" am I? Its not April Fools day is
>it? Have I slept a whole month.........................................
>
>"CIA BACKS ANONYMITY SOFTWARE
>
>
>The Central Intelligence Agency's non-profit venture capital 
>company, In-Q-Tel has zeroed in on software called Triangle 
>Boy, which promises user anonymity on the Internet. Triangle 
>Boy was developed by SafeWeb, a start up company in which In-
>Q-Tel has invested about $1 million of its $30 million current 
>fiscal year budget. SafeWeb's web site currently provides free 
>access to an "anonymizer" that lets anyone surf anonymously 
>and securely by typing in a Web address. It replaces the URL 
>bar with a JavaScript implementation and establishes an 
>encrypted connection from the user's desktop using 128-bit SSL 
>with cookies automatically disabled. Triangle Boy, which has not
>yet been deployed, will go still further, using SafeWeb's 
>Privacy Matrix technology (patent pending) to allow users to 
>get to SafeWeb's anonymizer through a third party. The code 
>will be open source, allowing anyone to set up third-party 
>access to the anonymizer. The CIA plans to use the technology 
>primarily to protect the anonymity of its own employees as 
>they do their work, but it would undoubtedly be used to gather 
>information without leaving a trail as well. Further 
>information may be found at 
>https://fugu.safeweb.com/webpage/press_room/in_q_tel.html"
>
>copyright stuff: BYTES IN BRIEF is a joint publication of Sensei Enterprises, 
>Inc., an information technology consulting firm and Nelson & 
>Wolfe, a business and technology law firm. The "designer" 
>version of "Bytes" may be found at http://www.senseient.com
>
>
>Donald Ramsbottom BA LLb (Hons) PGdip
>Ramsbottom & Co Solicitors
>Internet and Global Encryption Law Specialists & General UK  Law Matters
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>
>

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