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in thread Are our bytes safe from our isp?

thank you very much Corion for your detailed explanation! cant i somehow enctypt the text that i send so that the isp cant see it, instead he will see the encrypted stream but then in the other hand how they will decrypt my text in the other side of the connection..... for example what can i do to at least protect my irc chatting from the curious eyes of the lonely isp dude that is watching me? and also mail as well! Thanks you.
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Re: Re: Re: Are our bytes safe from our isp?
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 14, 2003 at 19:57 UTC

    If you are a government agnet who is trading national secrets in an irc chatroom, my suggestion to you is a trip down by Q's lab. If you are trading warez, attempting to "cyber" with various individuals, or just want to keep the ISP guys from figuring out your 1337 strategy for Everquest, Star Wars Galaxies, or online solitaire then I appreciate the good laugh.

    Anonymously yours,
    Anonymous Nun

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      Since when using encryption makes you terrorist or pirate? If it is my private data and if I want so it should be nobody f**king business to look on it whenether this nobody is ISP, government or somebody else.

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      Ilya Martynov, ilya@iponweb.net
      CTO IPonWEB (UK) Ltd
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        Umm. I never said that the desire to use encryption makes you a terrorist or a pirate. I didn't even imply it. If that's how you read it, either you have very different definitions for some of the words I used or you, my most humble saint IlyaM, are paranoid as hell. Your data is private. That's completely fine. I never implied that the desire for privacy makes you a terrorist, a pirate, or a CTO for a company bent on...world...domination.....*glances at IlyaM's signature*...nm. Forget I mentioned anything on the subject of privacy. Dodadodado...I know nothing.

        Freaked out as hell,
        Anonymous Nun

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      lol :) No, i am not that kind of person you are describing. ijust know that in my university which is acting as my isp as well this particular lonely isp dude is logging my bytes so i want a method to secure at least my irc chats! can you help me out in this please?
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