From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:11:35 -0800 (PST)
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At 03:26 AM 1/28/97 -0500, Lynx_User@linux.nycmetro.com wrote:
>                             Reuters New Media
>   Monday January 27 9:50 AM EST 
>   
>UAE Launches Service To Censor Internet
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>   The proxy server will be pre-fed with Internet addresses where access
>   is blocked off, industry sources said. But the server will be unable
>   to block access if addresses of prohibited sites are changed, as
>   frequently happens.
>   
>   Etisalat says it will disconnect any customer who abused its Internet
>   services and violated "order and clear laws."
>   
>   "Singapore has succeeded to a great extent in its drive to control
>   harm done by the Internet," said another Etisalat official. "Why
>   cannot we?"

I wonder what these people will think when organizations like Teledesic and 
Iridium start operating (low-earth-orbit satellites) to allow 
totally-wireless connectivity.  It seems to me that there will be a market 
for services that allow anonymous browsing, perhaps with encrypted requests 
that return otherwise-unidentified data on a publicly-accessible airwaves.  

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com