This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.

Re:This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first.... by dangrossman on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @04:18PM (#3829447)

> This project’s goal is to raise funds for my nonprofit organization, Calyx Institute, which will launch a privacy-focused Internet Service Provider and mobile phone service using end-to-end encryption technology.

http://www.indiegogo.com/calyx

> A project is not open-ended. Starting a business, for example, does not qualify as a project. No charity or cause funding.

http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines

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Re:This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first.... by BHSPitMonkey on Thursday April 12, 2012 @02:45AM (#3831297)

I don't really see it that way. The startup cost for a new business is a one-time, finite "project" (in my mind) that would adhere to the concept of Kickstarter well.

The problem Kickstarter has with this project (and, similarly, when I tried to do the same thing) is that it's not an "artistic" endeavor. That is to say, they don't allow small business projects, unless you plan on producing a short story or documentary about the process as you do it. (Here's an entrepreneur who used this exact loophole: http://kck.st/rtglLo)

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