From: <cwalton@jovanet.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 15:21:51 +0800
To: <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: remailers, govmnts, and the Co$
Message-ID: <9603070107.AA10247@toad.com>
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It's one thing that the government runs remailers and they're just really 
not nice for doing that and all, but what about other 
people/organizations? 

I applied for a job at Earthlink in Los Angeles last year, around may or 
june. they had been small ISP, but growing fast. they were established by 
a 24(?) yr old wizz kid named Sky about july or so of 1994 and were 
hiring. they had given me great service aand i was excited about getting 
into 'the business'. I went for an interview and talked with the 3 VPs at 
the time. I did not talk to sky, the owner. first guy tells me they are 
running the biz based on the principles of the church of scientology. 
humm.. hands me a huge book published by them. i read the inscription in 
the front. "To Sky, happy birthday, love dad". this guy says he's in the 
Co$. I talk to the next 2 guys. they have been hired from all over the 
country, moved out here and they both tell me they are in the Co$ too. 
all 3 VP and the "owner" are tied into the Co$. i turned down their offer 
and got another ISP. 

I thot back. the thing with anon.penet in finland and the Co$ had been a 
couple months before Earthlink started into business. I have watched them 
grow incccedibly fast with a huge advertising budget. Read a Wired 
magazine or any other computer mag. they're advertising in it. they've 
gone national. they're everywhere. 

Does Earthlink exist as a reaction to the net controversy and the Co$? I 
donno. Are they really owned by the Co$? I donno. Does the Co$ have 
access to all the mail that comes across their servers? i donno. Am I 
gonna get sued because of this note? I donno.

are you listening? 


Conrad Walton                           
http://www.industrial-artworks.com/
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