[51559] in Cypherpunks
remailers, govmnts, and the Co$
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cwalton@jovanet.com)
Wed Mar 6 20:45:05 1996
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 96 17:07:14 PST
From: <cwalton@jovanet.com>
To: <cypherpunks@toad.com>
It's one thing that the government runs remailers and they're just really
not nice for doing that and all, but what about other
people/organizations?
I applied for a job at Earthlink in Los Angeles last year, around may or
june. they had been small ISP, but growing fast. they were established by
a 24(?) yr old wizz kid named Sky about july or so of 1994 and were
hiring. they had given me great service aand i was excited about getting
into 'the business'. I went for an interview and talked with the 3 VPs at
the time. I did not talk to sky, the owner. first guy tells me they are
running the biz based on the principles of the church of scientology.
humm.. hands me a huge book published by them. i read the inscription in
the front. "To Sky, happy birthday, love dad". this guy says he's in the
Co$. I talk to the next 2 guys. they have been hired from all over the
country, moved out here and they both tell me they are in the Co$ too.
all 3 VP and the "owner" are tied into the Co$. i turned down their offer
and got another ISP.
I thot back. the thing with anon.penet in finland and the Co$ had been a
couple months before Earthlink started into business. I have watched them
grow incccedibly fast with a huge advertising budget. Read a Wired
magazine or any other computer mag. they're advertising in it. they've
gone national. they're everywhere.
Does Earthlink exist as a reaction to the net controversy and the Co$? I
donno. Are they really owned by the Co$? I donno. Does the Co$ have
access to all the mail that comes across their servers? i donno. Am I
gonna get sued because of this note? I donno.
are you listening?
Conrad Walton
http://www.industrial-artworks.com/
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