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	outgoing mail from the nymserver, in your pseudonym, you must [~~https://www.boywiki.org/en/Encryption~~ encrypt] the		outgoing mail from the nymserver, in your pseudonym, you must [[encrypt]] the

	message and mailing instructions before you send it to the nymserver (this is		message and mailing instructions before you send it to the nymserver (this is
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	(Yes, you can arrange so that even your incoming mail is ~~https://www.boywiki.org/en/Encryption~~ encrypted],		(Yes, you can arrange so that even your incoming mail is [[encrypted]],

	for total privacy). Potato's "Jack B. Nymble"		for total privacy). Potato's "Jack B. Nymble"

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The Hotmail Trick

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==Anonymity Made Easy==

<BIG>A necessity for most newcomers to the BL community</BIG>

[https://web.archive.org/web/20001214181000/http://www.fpc.net/pages/spike/newanon.htm Link to new material *NEW*]

Maybe you feel that you don't need to be anonymous, that you are not doing

anything illegal, and you don't need to protect your privacy. Maybe you

are new to the idea of personal privacy on the internet. Maybe you have just

discovered that there are other boylovers in the world, on the internet.

Before going any further, click on this link and read through these

introductions:

==Introduction to Internet Safety==

<HR>

The first effort to have anonymous e-mail, for most of us, was one of the

web-based e-mail services. They offer the convenience of access from any

web browser anywhere. There are free services and pay services, and they

differ mostly in the amount of advertising that you receive. I will call them

Hotmail-style accounts, since this seems to be the largest and best known

of the web-based services. Many folks like others better. Some services,

such as USA.NET, will

forward your mail to your home e-mail address if you choose. Some can be

accessed with regular mail runs (POP3 and SMTP) just like your regular e-mail

system. They ask for some personal information, but none of them verify it.

I am told that they do expect your city (fictional or not) to match the ZIP

code. They all collect your IP number when you call, and most send your real

IP number out as part of your "anonymous" mail (supposedly

www.mrpost.com , www.supernews.com , and www.goplay.com do not).

::I have confirmed that goplay.com does not send out IP

numbers</CENTER>

None of these operations are in business to give you anonymity, they are selling

convenience and generally won't protect your identity if questioned.

In short, Hotmail-style accounts are simple, easy, but not very anonymous.

There is one little trick that makes it much more anonymous, which prevents

your IP number from being attached to every piece of mail that you send, and

also removes the "From: " header. Whether from Hotmail or from home. Hotmail

still has your IP number in it's logs, tied in with your account, but at least

the recipient does not have it. Everyone should understand how it works:



===The Hotmail Trick===

There is an encryption program around called PGP. It is different from the

simple substitution codes that everyone knows about. With PGP, there are two

keys....a "public" key for encrypting messages that only you can decrypt

(you would distribute it to your friends and enemies so they can write to you)

....and a "secret" key for decrypting messages (that you keep only in your

computer). This allows privacy (of message content) but also, when used

in conjunction with the free remailers that make the "Hotmail Trick" possible,

this means that you can hide addresses, so that snoops can not tell who you

are writing to. The ultimate in anonymity is using PGP in connection with one

of the free nymservers. When I use the term "nymserver", I refer to

either nym.alias.net or anon.efga.org (anon.efga.org also

operates an ordinary remailer) - weasel.owl.de is another nymserver

that is shut down for awhile - I am not referring to www.nymserver.com which

is not the same thing at all.

A nymserver allows you to create a full-fledged e-mail account and never tell

the nymserver who or where you are. Snoops reading mail on the internet

cannot tell anything about you either. Establishing an account with a

nymserver is a little complex, because you have to set up an untraceable path from the

nymserver to you, through one or more remailers, so that your message can be

delivered to you. Remailers can use PGP, so that at each step you should

encrypt the mailing instructions for the next remailer. In order to send

outgoing mail from the nymserver, in your pseudonym, you must encrypt the

message and mailing instructions before you send it to the nymserver (this is

required by the nymserver). In other words, you are doing all the hard work,

so the administrator of the nymserver does not have to know anything.

There are programs to make all this simpler for you. Private Idaho is an

older program (for Windows) that does the simpler jobs well enough, using

several point-and-click steps. Potato is a newer program that does even the

more involved jobs of setting up and maintaining a nymserver account, it's

single data screen is available either in a window or from DOS, and it (or

Jack B. Nymble) is by far the easiest means of handling a nymserver e-mail

account, sending mail, and decrypting received mail.

(Yes, you can arrange so that even your incoming mail is encrypted,

for total privacy). Potato's "Jack B. Nymble"

Win95 program is available, and is the software of choice for Win95 users.

A member of the community who runs Macintosh has offered to walk any Mac user

through the process of setting up and using a nymserver account if you wish.

Contact me about this.

So pick whatever system fits your needs. For many of you, a simple

Hotmail-style account, together with the Hotmail Trick, is good enough.

Goplay seems to be enjoying a lot of popularity recently as well. But if you

think that anyone may be trying to track you down, with investigators or court

orders, then learning the ropes of PGP and nymservers is pretty painless. If

you want me to hold your hand (through the process of learning nymservers)

just let me know. Glad to help.

<HR>



[https://web.archive.org/web/20001214181000/http://www.stack.nl/~galactus/remailers/anon-index.html Galactus Remailer Page]



Basics from an old friend on the net, a good starting place. The first

two remailers he mentions are obsolete, and EFGA has a new Cypherpunks

remailer.

The information is simple, and a good short overview of the subject.



[https://web.archive.org/web/20001214181000/http://www.well.com/user/abacard/remail.html Bacard Remailer FAQ] 



Lots of basic information about remailers, although not about nymservers. 

Remailers and PGP make up the heart of the nymserver experience, and you 

can't manange good anonymity without understanding remailers.





[[https://web.archive.org/web/20001214181000/http://members.tripod.com/~freezack Zack's Freedom Site]]



A new site, up-to-date with the Potato program and a simple help "kit" 

to let anyone install and use it. You can establish and use a nymserver 

account easily and quickly with these tools. I prefer Potato over Private

Idaho.





Secret, Secret, I've Got A Secret





The reincarnation of a popular old web page about anonymity from a notorious

old BoyChatter. He goes in to managing e-mail securely on your home computer

as well as on the internet. Where to get PGP.





[https://web.archive.org/web/20001214181000/http://www.aaas.org/spp/anon/links.htm A.A.A.S. Link Page]





A good set of links to general background information about privacy and

anonymity on the internet. Good for further study on the social angle.





<CENTER><H4>*****[https://web.archive.org/web/20001214181000/http://www.fpc.net/pages/spike/index.html SPIKE'S FRONT PAGE] **********

[https://web.archive.org/web/20001214181000/http://www.fpc.net/pages/spike/xcomment.htm COMMENTS TO SPIKE] *****</H4></CENTER>

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==External links==
https://web.archive.org/web/20001214181000/http://www.fpc.net/pages/spike/anon.htm

[[Category:Online security]]
[[Category:Boychat history]]

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	There is an encryption program around called PGP. It is different from the		There is an [[encryption]] program around called PGP. It is different from the

	simple substitution codes that everyone knows about. With PGP, there are two		simple substitution codes that everyone knows about. With PGP, there are two

	keys....a "public" key for encrypting messages that only you can decrypt		keys....a "public" key for [https://www.boywiki.org/en/Encryption encrypting] messages that only you can decrypt (you would distribute it to your friends and enemies so they can write to you)

	(you would distribute it to your friends and enemies so they can write to you)

	....and a "secret" key for decrypting messages (that you keep only in your		....and a "secret" key for decrypting messages (that you keep only in your
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	delivered to you. Remailers can use PGP, so that at each step you should		delivered to you. Remailers can use PGP, so that at each step you should

	encrypt the mailing instructions for the next remailer. In order to send		[https://www.boywiki.org/en/Encryption encrypt] the mailing instructions for the next remailer. In order to send

	outgoing mail from the nymserver, in your pseudonym, you must encrypt the		outgoing mail from the nymserver, in your pseudonym, you must [https://www.boywiki.org/en/Encryption encrypt] the

	message and mailing instructions before you send it to the nymserver (this is		message and mailing instructions before you send it to the nymserver (this is
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	account, sending mail, and decrypting received mail.		account, sending mail, and decrypting received mail.

	(Yes, you can arrange so that even your incoming mail is encrypted,		(Yes, you can arrange so that even your incoming mail is https://www.boywiki.org/en/Encryption encrypted],

	for total privacy). Potato's "Jack B. Nymble"		for total privacy). Potato's "Jack B. Nymble"

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