Peržiūrėti šaltinį Dial-up shut-down letter

A <b>dial-up shut-down letter</b>,
<br> which may also be called a <b>dial-up shut-down mandate letter</b>
<br> or a <b>dial-up termination mandate letter</b>,
<br> is a letter that is sent to an internet service provider (ISP)
<br> that sells dial-up internet connection service,
<br> by a domestic intelligence agency.

The letter orders the ISP to shut-down its dial-up connection option,
<br> which is almost always only one of two or more different internet connection options.
<br> The reason for this is that dial-up connections provide much more privacy than
<br> other types of internet connections, due to their IP-address pools and slow connection-speed,
<br> as is further explained in the article "<b>[[dial-up connection]]</b>".

Dial-up shut-down letters typically include a gag-order,
<br> which forbids the recipient of the letter from telling other people that they have received the letter.

Most recently, the U.S. NSA (National Security Agency) has sent such a letter to
<br> AOL (America OnLine), and it is scheduled to be implemented on september 30th of this year (2025).
<br> The NSA had already sent meny of such letters to other, lesser-known ISPs,
<br> which have already gone-into effect.


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