"Aluxe" <aluxelocochon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:30:53 -0800, Dana wrote:
> > Now if the cops came up with a
> > warrant, they can force the ISP into giving out information
>
> Hi Dana,
>
> Thanks for the warning but I wasn't at all worried about the law.
> If they wanted to get to me, they would.
> If they wanted to get you, they would.
> Nothing you could do would stop them as your ISP knows everything.
>
> It's the same with my car keys. Nothing I do is going to stop the law from
> towing my car away even if I lock it up with chains around it.
>
> But, I don't lock my car door to keep the cops away.
> I lock my car door to keep some kid in the neighborhood from rifling
> through my purse and makeup I keep in the glove compartment.
>
> I'm just trying to gain a modicum of privacy on the internet by switching
> my identity and any connecting factors.

And the only way to do that is by using a proxy server.
>
> Do you know if there is a way to send a wake-up signal to make the Linksys
> router send the ppoe (or whatever it is) signal to dial back into an ISP
> once I plug the dsl router back in?

This will not protect your privacy one iota