"Freedom" for users

A proposed U.S. Justice Department bill that would allow police to secretly enter homes and disable security features on computers has driven tens of thousands of Americans to request privacy protection from Canadian firm Zero-Knowledge Systems, the company announced Tuesday. "This has created a huge wave of concern among computer users in the US," said Zero-Knowledge President Austin Hill, of the proposed legislation. Hill told Newsbytes that, when news of the proposed measure broke last Thursday, his office was flooded with calls and messages from American Internet users inquiring about the availability of his company_s security system. Called Freedom, the system uses a sophisticated network of encoding and remote servers to obscure Internet "trails." Zero-Knowledge is presently beta-testing its Freedom technology, which provides total privacy for Web, e-mail, newsgroup, and chat-room activities by encrypting data and rerouting it through independently-operated servers scattered worldwide.