{"id":31938,"date":"2012-04-13T23:08:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T23:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/04\/13\/occupyallstreets-new-internet-service-provider\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T18:25:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T18:25:50","slug":"occupyallstreets-new-internet-service-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/04\/13\/occupyallstreets-new-internet-service-provider\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31938 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/04\/13\/occupyallstreets-new-internet-service-provider\/attachment\/31939\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tumblr_m2erwuwtdd1r4vpxio1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tumblr_m2erwuwtdd1r4vpxio1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/tumblr_m2erwuwtdd1r4vpxio1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/occupyallstreets.tumblr.com\/post\/21046067316\">occupyallstreets<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>New Internet Service Provider Will Defy Government Surveillance (Must Read)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Merrill, 39, who previously ran a New York-based Internet provider, told CNET that he\u2019s raising funds to launch a national \u201cnon-profit telecommunications provider dedicated to privacy, using ubiquitous encryption\u201d that will sell mobile phone service and, <strong>for as little as $20 a month<\/strong>, Internet connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>The ISP would not merely employ every technological means at its disposal, including <strong>encryption and limited logging<\/strong>, to protect its customers. It would also \u2014 and in practice this is likely more important \u2014 <strong>challenge government surveillance demands of dubious legality or constitutionality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Merrill says his ISP, to be run by a non-profit called the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.calyxinstitute.org\/\">Calyx Institute<\/a>\u00a0with for-profit subsidiaries, will put customers first. \u201c<em><strong>Calyx will use all legal and technical means available to protect the privacy and integrity of user data,<\/strong><\/em>\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-31921_3-57412225-281\/this-internet-provider-pledges-to-put-your-privacy-first-always\/\">More<\/a>\u00a0(<strong>It\u2019s worth the read<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>occupyallstreets: New Internet Service Provider Will Defy Government Surveillance (Must Read) 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\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/04\/13\/occupyallstreets-new-internet-service-provider\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3517,9023,9022],"class_list":["post-31938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-internet","tag-free-the-internet","tag-lets-go","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31940,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31938\/revisions\/31940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}