[Fat Freddy]

I am getting more angry and worried about the way internet monitoring is going, and when I read that the latest plan is for the EU to give my browsing habits to the FBI, (see the Guardian article here):
FBI ready to demand detailed logs of Britons' internet and travel habits | Technology | The Observer

something snapped.

Yes, tell those fine defenders of democracy who brought you Guantanemo bay where I have been browsing the internet. And for those of us in the UK, you can also be extradited to the USA with no appeal against it if the do the documentation correctly, as described by the always well informed Rupert Goodwins.

UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food - Mixed Signals - Rupert Goodwins's Blog at ZDNet.co.uk Community

(UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food!)

And if you think is scaremongering, it is already happening for things that are perfectly legal in the UK!
Middlesbrough man facing trial in US over 'drugs' - Gazette Live

And it occurred to me that what I really wanted was an internet service provider outside of the UK. This does not seem to be an option, but from my understanding of the way these things work, I think there could be a practical alternative that does work, and it's right up the street of the fine people on these forums who help us get music at a good price.

Now I think it's fair to assume that the people running the various MP3 sites have access to a decent amount of computing power and bandwidth at a good price, or you would not be able to run the music business, yes?

So how about a proxy service? If I understand correctly, if I bought access to a proxy, and routed my browser and/or torrent software through it, all the various logs at my UK provider would see would be a connection to the proxy, they would be unable to see the actual addresses. Is this correct?

If it is, then I for one would be very interested in paying for access to such a proxy server. It's difficult to say exactly how much, but I would personally be prepared to pay something about the level of my other internet connection charges, say 15 pounds / 30 dollars a month.

It seems the western public needs Russia and the CIS to defend the democratic rights of it's citizens!

Freddy.

(PS - it might need to move address fairly frequently to avoid getting blocked! Oh, and bonus points if it can let me connect to Pandora again!)

[solaris]

Originally Posted by Fat Freddy

I am getting more angry and worried about the way internet monitoring is going, and when I read that the latest plan is for the EU to give my browsing habits to the FBI, (see the Guardian article here):
FBI ready to demand detailed logs of Britons' internet and travel habits | Technology | The Observer

something snapped.

Yes, tell those fine defenders of democracy who brought you Guantanemo bay where I have been browsing the internet. And for those of us in the UK, you can also be extradited to the USA with no appeal against it if the do the documentation correctly, as described by the always well informed Rupert Goodwins.

UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food - Mixed Signals - Rupert Goodwins's Blog at ZDNet.co.uk Community

(UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food!)

And if you think is scaremongering, it is already happening for things that are perfectly legal in the UK!
Middlesbrough man facing trial in US over 'drugs' - Gazette Live

And it occurred to me that what I really wanted was an internet service provider outside of the UK. This does not seem to be an option, but from my understanding of the way these things work, I think there could be a practical alternative that does work, and it's right up the street of the fine people on these forums who help us get music at a good price.

Now I think it's fair to assume that the people running the various MP3 sites have access to a decent amount of computing power and bandwidth at a good price, or you would not be able to run the music business, yes?

So how about a proxy service? If I understand correctly, if I bought access to a proxy, and routed my browser and/or torrent software through it, all the various logs at my UK provider would see would be a connection to the proxy, they would be unable to see the actual addresses. Is this correct?

If it is, then I for one would be very interested in paying for access to such a proxy server. It's difficult to say exactly how much, but I would personally be prepared to pay something about the level of my other internet connection charges, say 15 pounds / 30 dollars a month.

It seems the western public needs Russia and the CIS to defend the democratic rights of it's citizens!

Freddy.

(PS - it might need to move address fairly frequently to avoid getting blocked! Oh, and bonus points if it can let me connect to Pandora again!)

Hi Freddy


Use a VPN like two below:

1. https://www.relakks.com (50 Euro for a FULL year) - Right now RELAKKS even has a 30 day free trial

2. http://www.swissvpn.net ($60 for a FULL year)


As for Pandora? - that's fairly easy too: http://www.aom3.org/forum/25591-post1.html

[solaris]

Originally Posted by solaris

Hi Freddy


Use a VPN like two below:

1. https://www.relakks.com (50 Euro for a FULL year) - Right now RELAKKS even has a 30 day free trial

2. http://www.swissvpn.net ($60 for a FULL year)


As for Pandora? - that's fairly easy too: http://www.aom3.org/forum/25591-post1.html

How a VPN works:

You'll exchange the IP-number you get from your ISP to an anonymous IP-number.

You get a safe/encrypted connection between your computer and the Internet.

[Fat Freddy]

The VPN stuff looks interesting, I will have to give the trial a go, and see how it works in practice.

Anyone here a paying customer?

Global pandora - its off the air at the moment. Also I tried it before and it cannot remember stations when you return, which really damaged the value of the service...

[solaris]

Originally Posted by Fat Freddy

The VPN stuff looks interesting, I will have to give the trial a go, and see how it works in practice.

Anyone here a paying customer?

Global pandora - its off the air at the moment. Also I tried it before and it cannot remember stations when you return, which really damaged the value of the service...

Freddy, you have a PM