Communicating Anonymously
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                                   Communicating Anonymously


    There are occasions when people might need to communicate anonymously
with others, such as a woman who has had to go into hiding from an abusive
mate and needs some ability to communicate with other family members.  A good
way to communicate anonymously is through the use of a newsgroup called
'alt.anonymous-messages'.  This news group can be easily used as a drop box for
messages.  Parties can send messages to this group through QuickSilver.  The
parties would use the same 'Subject: ' line (with possibly slights variations) in
order to easily identify their communication headers.  Messages sent to
'alt.anonymous.messages' will have to be encrypted before being sent to the news
group so that others will not be able to read your messages.

  Below are two free encryption programs that can be easily set up and used to
encrypt your messages.

EMail-Security using GnuPG for Windows
http://www.gpg4win.org/
(Click the Download picture at the top of the page.  Read the instructions on
setting up the program and its use.  Use the tray program WinPT.exe that comes
with GnuPG to easily encrypt your data.)

PointCrypt (Blowfish 64 – strong but not as strong as the GnuPG.)
http://cdn.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/secencr/PointCrypt.zip


    A last note concerning communicating anonymously with the police.  If you
found this to be absolutely necessary, you could ascertain the email address of
the police department involved through the web or by pay phone, and send them
an email through the remailer system that contained the information you wanted
to convey.  At the bottom of the email, you could include a password and a
'Subject: ' of your making, and ask the police to contact you, if necessary, by
sending their reply to the news group 'alt.anonymous-messages'.  Ask them to use
a particular 'Subject: ' and give them a password which they are to use to encrypt
their reply, using one of the two encryption programs mentioned above.  You
would then continue to communicate with them through the remailer system while
continuing to receive their replies via 'alt.anonymous-messages'.

At the bottom of your initial remailer email to the police, you could write:

Please send any replies to the news group: alt.anonymous-messages
Make your Subject line: whatever you decide
Encrypt your message with either of these programs:
      http://www.gpg4win.org
      http://cdn.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/secencr/PointCrypt.zip
Use conventional (symmetrical) encryption using password: whatever you decide



    For further help with setting up these programs, or any questions concerning
anonymous email, anonymous news posting, and remailers, inquire at the news
group: alt.privacy.anon-server


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