14 Apr 2009
Using Net Proxies Will Lead To Harsher Sentences

Proxy servers are hardly sophisticated. Unfortunately, neither is Congress.

Proxy servers are an everyday part of Internet surfing. But using one in a crime could soon lead to more time in the clink,' reports the Associated Press. The new federal rules would make the use of proxy servers count as 'sophistication' in a crime, leading to 25% longer jail sentences. Privacy advocates complain this will disincentivize privacy and anonymity online.

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