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Carnivore-Free ISPs
The following is the list of ISPs that have publicly declared that they will
not allow the use of Carnivore on their
networks:
- RMI.Net: This statement was quoted in a 7-12-00
story by ZDNet: "I would have to say we would fight such a court
order," said Ehud Gavron, the chief technology officer of RMI.Net Inc.,
an ISP based in Denver with 110,000 subscribers. "We would not want the
privacy of all users to be compromised on the basis of witch hunts for one
user." (This statement has not been confirmed by StopCarnivore.org)
- Ace-Computers: From Owner
Roger Alumbaugh: "If
ever approached we would simply refuse to allow the FBI access and
would shut down our mail servers before allowing such an invasion. We
are not required by law to offer an email program and they can not force us
to continue to offer any particular service.
Bottom line... I would go to jail before putting our customers at risk with
this invasion of privacy"
- WebWings.Net: From Owners J & M
Mankowski: "Yes we
are a small community ISP. Yet freedom begins at home. WebWings.Net will
refuse the F.B.I.'s request or demand to run Carnivore on our systems."
- Earthlink: Earthlink (which was
forced to install Carnivore back in 1999 after fighting it in court, and
which then removed it after having Carnivore-related problems with their
network) has issued the
following statement: "We do not allow the installation of Carnivore
on our network because it has the potential to compromise the privacy of our
legitimate users and the performance of our network. We have an internal
solution which allows us to comply with court orders without the presence of
government personnel or equipment in our buildings. The government accepts
this solution since they still receive the requested information about the
criminal suspect, and we sleep well knowing that our customers are safe from
unauthorized surveillance." (This statement was confirmed by
StopCarnivore.org via telephone call with Earthlink's Director of
Investigations)
- X-Mail.net: From an e-mail by their
webmaster: "We run a free Web Based E-Mail and hosting
service. Our servers are located in Canada, out of
Carnivore's reach."
Not an ISP per se, but I'll list them because they asked, and they
seem proud to be Carnivore-Free (and rightly so).
Click here to see the ISP's that have issued
non-answers and half-answers.
If you know of another ISP that has
made a clear statement of this nature, or if you represent an ISP and you would
like to be on this list, please contact
us at carnfreeisps@stopcarnivore.org.
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