Battleangel

Yes, Wired seems almost a bit obsessed with the silent war being waged over intellectual property in Sweden. There is now a new two part series on the Pirate Bay and the Pirate Party:

Part 1: Secrets of the Pirate Bay
Part 2: A Nation Divided Over Piracy

They also mention the Relakks encrypted anonymizing service which made a big international splash earlier this week. Win or lose, the initiative at least shows the level of discontent that exists within the user base and is bound to get some people thinking, possibly copying the concept. Like the Pirate Party itself, and the insurance service that launched a while back, they all represent hitherto unique and revolutionary ideas that are bound to reverberate forever even if the people and organizations behind them eventually fall from grace as it were.

One part of the Relakks FAQ in particular inspires great confidence …

For security reasons RELAKKS do not use any American software neither for encryption nor for any other part (we anticipate that most users will in spite of that use an American OS), but there is noting stopping an advanced user from accessing RELAKKS with a more secure operating system or use a specific VPN-client.