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                           Anonymizer, Inc.
                       8415 La Mesa Bl. Ste. 3
                          La Mesa, CA  91941
                       United States of America
               F O R   I M M E D I A T E   R E L E A S E
           DATE:                     CONTACT: Michael Lamb
           26 March, 1999                (619) 220-8277
          Anonymizer.com Launches Kosovo Privacy Project to 
        Protect Online Communication in Yugoslavia and Kosovo
     March 26, 1999- Anonymizer, the leading and trusted provider 
     of online privacy services, today announced the launch of the 
     Kosovo Privacy Project.  While the Internet provides a means 
     of bypassing attempts of censorship by Serbian authorities, 
     it does put those at risk inside the region reporting such 
     information. Anonymizer has deployed its anonymous and secure 
     email and Web surfing services to ensure the protection of 
     these informants from reprisal from Serbian officials through 
     the Kosovo Privacy Project.  
     "If someone is being monitored, the authorities will be able 
     to tell they are connected to the Anonymizer server, but will 
     not be able to determine what they are communicating or to 
     whom," said Lance Cottrell, CEO of Anonymizer and an expert 
     in the field of online security and encryption.  
     Alex Fowler, the public affairs director for the Electronic 
     Frontier Foundation, conceived the project. 
     "I am seeing messages traveling and being posted on Web 
     pages that are just as easy for me to read as they are for 
     Milosevic and his government agents to see," said Fowler.
     "Encrypted and anonymous communication is very important 
     for human rights activists, and for anyone who needs to 
     denounce violations of human rights committed by repressive 
     regimes." said Patrick Ball, Deputy Director of the AAAS 
     Science and Human Rights program. "The actions taken today 
     by the Yugoslav government and Serbian paramilitary units 
     show why people who are reporting human rights violations 
     need to be protected from exposure: if they aren't 
     protected by these technologies, they will be killed".
     The anonymous email and Web surfing services are entirely 
     Web-based and require no software downloads, specific 
     operating systems, or versions.  Anyone with access to an 
     Internet connection and browser can immediately and 
     securely use the Anonymizer services.
     Visit the Kosovo Privacy Project site here:
     https://www.anonymizerproxy.com/kosovo
     About Anonymizer
     Anonymizer.com is a pioneer in Internet privacy 
     technologies, and the most popular and trusted name in 
     delivering online privacy services.  Anonymizer.com,
     today, has many thousand subscribers to its paid services
     and makes anonymous over 9 million Web pages a month.
     Anonymizer originally launched in 1996 to provide 
     comprehensive online services for protection of identity
     on the Internet.  Available services include Anonymizer 
     Surfing; Anonymizer Email; Anonymizer Dialup; and 
     Anonymizer Publishing.  Anonymizer Surfing effectively 
     works as a middleman between web surfers and web hosts.  
     In addition, Anonymizer Surfing prevents "cookies" from 
     being placed on users' hard drives, java and javascript.
     Thus, blocking all personal information from the websites 
     users visit.
     Lance Cottrell, founder and CEO of Anonymizer.com, 
     authored the world's most secure anonymous remailer, 
     Mixmaster and has been active for many years in promoting 
     free speech.
     Lance Cottrell is available for interviews regarding this 
     timely topic.  Interested media should contact Michael 
     Lamb at (619) 220-8277.
     About the Electronic Frontier Foundation
     The Electronic Frontier Foundation is one of the leading 
     civil liberties organizations devoted to ensuring that the 
     Internet remains the world's first truly global vehicle 
     for free speech, and that the privacy and security of all 
     on-line communication is preserved.  Founded in 1990 as a
     nonprofit, public interest organization, EFF is based in 
     San Francisco, California. EFF maintains an extensive 
     archive of information on encryption policy, privacy, and 
     free speech at http://www.eff.org.
     Contact:
     Alex Fowler
     EFF Director of Public Affairs
     415 436 9333, x103;
     afowler@eff.org
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