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        Today, many products and services advertise user privacy as a selling
        point. Very few can be proven to live up to their claims. At FemtoStar,
        privacy isn't just a marketing promise the user is required to trust we
        will keep. It's baked into the network at every level - from
        physical-layer mitigations of low-level attacks, to end-to-end
        encryption on all connections, to anonymous payment via our credit token
        system. Don't believe us? FemtoStar's hardware and software are
        completely free and open-source, and therefore completely open to
        third-party inspection and testing.
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          <b>Verifiable anonymity</b> - In the FemtoStar network, neither users nor
          their hardware are identifiable to the network. When a user terminal connects
          to a FemtoStar satellite, it opens an anonymous, short-lived routing session,
          which is not tied to any identity, location, or other user information.
          Users don't need any form of user account to use FemtoStar - we don't even
          offer them.
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          <b>Geolocation-resistant by design</b> - Traditional communications systems,
          such as cellular networks or existing mobile satellite systems, rely on
          tracking the user's location for basic network functions, such as setting
          up the connection or handling a moving user. FemtoStar takes advantage
          of a unique combination of cautious protocol design, low-level terminal-side
          mitigations, and the inherent properties of satellites to ensure that the
          location of terminals cannot be determined determined accurately.
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          <b>End-to-end encrypted</b> - While most modern communications systems
          encrypt traffic over the air, FemtoStar goes a step further. FemtoStar
          user traffic is end-to-end encrypted, meaning not even the satellite itself
          can decrypt it. What's more, connections are direct - from user, to satellite,
          to service. Unless you're connecting to a service we provide, our ground
          infrastructure never handles your data even in an encrypted form. This
          also makes FemtoStar inherently net-neutral - after all, if we can't even
          decrypt your traffic, we can't selectively limit or throttle it either.
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          <b>Private payments</b> - An anonymous system isn't truly anonymous if
          users must still provide identifying information in order to pay for service.
          FemtoStar's payment system is simple, flexible, and above all, private.
          User terminals provide service tokens as they consume service. These tokens
          can be bought, stored, sold, used, or transferred freely by the user. They
          are not tied to any account or identity, they do not need to be purchased
          directly from FemtoStar, and they never expire. Service is priced by satellite
          resources consumed, not by time or data usage, so you won't be charged
          more for staying connected for longer or for connecting with a faster terminal.
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