If you are looking at a privacy provider, even if you don’t plan to pay with cash, take a look at whether it is an option. Obviously it is slower and more cumbersome, but for those who need it, we feel it is important to provide the ultimate anonymous payment option. That is why Anonymizer accepts cash payments for its services. While non-anonymous payments only allow Anonymizer to know who its customers are, not what they are doing, that information might be sensitive and important to protect for some people. Random small US bills are truly anonymous, and widely available ( 1996 study showed over half of all physical US currency circulates outside the country). When it comes to anonymity, cash is still king. New tools for Bitcoin anonymity are being developed, so this situation may improve, and other crypto currencies are gaining traction as well. We are working on supporting Bitcoin which provides some anonymity, but not as much as you might think.
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There are anonymous pre-paid cards, but they are getting harder to find, and most pre-paid cards are requiring registration with real name and (in the US) social security number. The default payment mechanism on the Internet is the Credit Card, which generally requires hard identification. Paying for anonymity is a tricky thing, mostly because on-line payments are strikingly non-anonymous. We are doing some amazing things that I hope to be able to share soon. I am sorry to see this chapter of Anonymizer come to a close, but I am excited to be able to focus all of my energy and creativity on high-end solutions, specialty services, and cutting-edge technologies. InvinciBull will take over providing VPN services for all of Anonymizer’s existing subscribers, at no cost, for the duration of their subscriptions. I have met with them multiple times and have the highest confidence in them and their service. InvinciBull stood out based on their history, commitment, and the people behind it.
I spent months researching the best VPN services to find a partner to take on our existing users. However, we would never leave our subscribers out in the cold. Rather than allow Anonymizer to slowly wither, we have decided to shut down our consumer VPN service effective September 1, 2018. This has left our basic consumer VPN service without the love and attention it needs. It has been a long time since our consumer services have constituted even 1% of our total business. Over the last decade and more, our focus has shifted to creating high-end capabilities to defeat the most sophisticated online tracking and surveillance capabilities. Users need protection on mobile devices as much or more than on desktops. Modern tracking technologies go far beyond using simple cookies and IP addresses. There are now numerous VPN and privacy services. The landscape for consumer privacy has changed radically since those early days. We also set up a secure anonymous terrorist tip site in the first days following 9/11. We created the Kosovo Privacy Project, provided censorship circumvention services to hundreds of thousands of people in China and Iran, and worked with numerous human rights groups to provide protected communications and safe access to information. We were the first commercial internet privacy service in the world.
I am profoundly proud of what this company has accomplished. I deeply appreciate the support, encouragement, and loyalty from the millions of people who have used the service over the years. It was born of my passion and commitment to privacy, security, and anonymity.
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