Anonymizer (company)
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Anonymizer, Inc. is an Internet privacy company, founded in 1995 by Lance Cottrell, author of the Mixmaster anonymous remailer. Anonymizer was originally named Infonex Internet. The name was changed to Anonymizer in 1997 when the company acquired a web based privacy proxy of the same name developed by Justin Boyan at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science. Boyan licensed the software to C2Net for public beta testing before selling it to Infonex.
Their "Operation: Anti-Censorship" software, introduced in 2006, addresses internet censorship in the People's Republic of China by allowing Chinese Internet users to access blocked sites.[1]
The company privacy policy regarding disclosure of customer information states that they will not tolerate the use of their service for protecting the anonymity of criminals. If somebody uses their service for illegal activities, they will disclose the customer's information to the authorities.[2]
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[edit] Products
Anonymizer offers a variety of consumer information security services including:
- VPN for multi-protocol proxy
- client software for iPhone and iPad
- anonymizer Proxy server
- encrypted E-mail services
- anti-spyware
- anti-phishing / anti-pharming
- enterprise class competitive intelligence tools
[edit] Management
Bill Unrue was CEO and a Senior Board member of Anonymizer, Inc. until finding a mergers and acquisitions exit to Abraxas Corporation. Unrue improved Anonymizer by listening to early stage customers, then expanding into a global market. His experience in moving smaller companies into larger markets helped the company transition from a consumer direct subscription model to an enterprise class software as a service model.
Unrue attended the University of Washington in Seattle and received a Masters in Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University.
[edit] Trademark
The term "anonymizer" is often used to signify any internet based anonymization tool, even though it is a trademark of Anonymizer Inc.
[edit] Sold to Abraxas Corporation
In May 2008, Abraxas Corporation aquired Anonymizer.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "PC World - Anonymizer Takes on China's Net Censors". http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125303-page,1/article.html. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
- ^ "Anonymizer Privacy Policy". http://www.anonymizer.com/company/legal/privacy_policy.html. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- ^ Abraxas Corporation acquires Anonymizer, Inc
