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From: Morpheus <Morpheus@dreamland.com>
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Subject: Re: ping NP 131
Date: 13 Jan 2009 23:10:02 -0600
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:56:02 -0800, Grant wrote
(in article <Grant-me-that-1301093@Grant.Grant>):
> In article <Xns9B9259593A6F4twilightboyhushmailc@216.151.153.48>, rich
> <me@where.no> wrote:
>
>> Astraweb has just cut their throat with me. I'm tossing
>> my credit cards, they say that's all they take, so bye.
>> Who's a good replace? Must have binary and reasonable.
>> reply to twilightboy@hushmail.com
>> Thanks, Rich
>
> You could do resarch (try google) to see if some servers take money
> orders or Western Union or PayPal. I think a few do. There is one which
> takes "egold" (http://privacy.li/ano_news_subscription.htm).
>
> Most servers take credit cards and or make you prove who you are in
> real life to use them. Thats just their way of being sure you are you
> so its easier take action to nail you if you fuck with them than just
> knowing your IP address which they all do. If you ran a server wouldn't
> you do it that way? Nothing prevents you from buying a "gift"
> (throwaway) credit card to use to buy block accounts from astra or
> buzzardnews (which sells blocks too) and give them a fake home address
> and use a hush email account with them but why bother when they know
> your IP address when you use their service? If you don't post they are
> as safe for use as anybody can hope for because they don't track what
> you download unless they get a court order to track you and that won't
> happen unless you do something in real life that gets the police on
> your ass and by then your fucked anyway.
>
> If you don't post then any server which has what you want will do. If
> you do post you could post through a different server so if you get in
> trouble for that you can still download from the other server.
>
> If you want to post files that the server doesn't like you take a risk
> no matter which server you use. None of them are risk free.
>
> Don't believe a word I wrote or anybody elses words about this either.
> Your safety is too important to trust anybody here with it. Do your own
> research. Find out for yourself and decide whats best for you.
> Good luck.
>
>
Good, sound advice.
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