What can we do to get this guy in Portland?
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Michael Rasmussen
Apr 11, 2012, 11:12:51 PM4/11/12
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57412225-281/this-internet-provider-pledges-to-put-your-privacy-first-always
Nicholas Merrill is planning to revolutionize online privacy with a concept as simple as it is ingenious: a
telecommunications provider designed from its inception to shield its customers from surveillance.
Nicholas Merrill is planning to revolutionize online privacy with a concept as simple as it is ingenious: a
telecommunications provider designed from its inception to shield its customers from surveillance.
Merrill, 39, who previously ran a New York-based Internet provider, told CNET that he's raising funds to launch a
national "non-profit telecommunications provider dedicated to privacy, using ubiquitous encryption" that will sell
mobile phone service and, for as little as $20 a month, Internet connectivity.
Merrill is in the unique position of being the first ISP exec to fight back against the Patriot Act's expanded police
powers -- and win.
And much more in the full article.
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Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
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