diff doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod @ 420:7235066e6bb1 draft

updates
author Nick <nick@somerandomnick.ano>
date Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:58:36 +0000
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--- a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod	Sun Feb 27 22:13:37 2011 +0000
+++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod	Wed Mar 02 04:58:36 2011 +0000
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
 =item #1984 (chat/1984)
 
-This is a channel that BrainBox requested.  Some SRN IRC servers carry it.
+This is a channel that BrainBox requested.  Most SRN IRC servers carry it.
 
 =back
 
@@ -391,6 +391,15 @@
 L<Freenet|http://freenetproject.org/>, L<GNUnet|http://gnunet.org/>,
 and others.)
 
+Even if your reports are perfectly legal in your country,
+you still may become the victim of identity theft, L<like
+some journalists reporting on the HP board leak a few years
+ago|http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2006/09/71749> (and
+with governments "reaching out" to corporations more now, it gets worse
+before it gets better).  It's harder to find the identity of an anonymous
+journalist, so naturally it is harder to steal it.  It's also harder to
+find your anonymous sources.
+
 =item Sell Stuff Online
 
 Well, even if you don't care about your anonymity and in fact _want_ everyone to know who you are, doing business on IcannNet isn't so safe, L<because you never know when a misguided government will sieze your domain for no real reason, without even admitting its mistake|http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-shuts-down-84000-websites-by-mistake-110216/>.  AnoNet domains are a safer investment, because it is far more difficult for someone to sieze an AnoNet domain.  In addition, L<PowerfulProxy|http://www.powerfulproxy.com/> now makes it possible to reach many AnoNet domains directly from IcannNet.