Perhaps you're reading this because you received an unwanted message and you're upset about the
content, or you received an anonymous message and want to know who sent it. Please read the following:
1. Our system is intended for consenting individuals exchanging private
messages using pass codes they have mutually agreed upon.
2. We advise in all notification messages and directly under all
pass code entry fields that recipients should only access messages if they
know the sender and are using a mutually agreed upon code. Senders should be anonymous
to third parties, but not to recipients. Since some recipients chose to ignore those clear warnings in earlier
versions of the system, we have since added an additional verification step.
3. If you ask us to tell you who sent a message, we can't tell you, nor could your email provider tell
us exactly who it was who sent an email from your account. Communications on the Internet are by definition
anonymous. You only assume they are not most of the time. We don't track IP addresses, and even if we did, it
would serve little use. It's only the address of a machine, and not a terribly reliable one. Unless monitored over a longer term, determining the author of any
specific electronic communication is virtually impossible, and this includes
all messages sent via email, electronic bulletin boards, anonymous remailers, discussion
threads, etc. The added protection for recipients of messages sent via our
system, as opposed to typical email services like Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo, etc.,
is that our system has an added requirement for consent before messages are
read.
4. Unlike an e-mail or remailer service, our system cannot be used to send
spam or bulk mail. Only one message can be sent at a time so it does not
allow for public distribution of messages.
5. Our responsibility is two-fold, to protect the privacy of our
responsible users and their information, and to take reasonable steps to
prevent abuses of our system as outlined in our Terms of Use. We feel our
practices and policies do this.
To emphasize, this means that every message read is a private communication between
consenting individuals. If you chose to read a message and didn't like it, you are
responsible for that. Likewise, if you read a message from a sender you didn't know using
a key code you haven't mutually agreed upon, then you are also responsible for that. If someone else read a message sent
to them about you, they chose to read that, and it's still a private communication. Every message
you choose to read is a matter between you and the author that does not involve us.
Finally, if you have read a message from someone you didn't know using a key code you haven't
mutually agreed upon, it is violation of our Terms of Use and the warnings placed in notification
messages and the pass code entry screen. As such, we reserve the right to block all further messages to your email address.
If you don't want to receive any more Stealth Messages, just let us know, and we'll permanently
block your email address...or you can just filter out messages yourself.
Thank you for your understanding!
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