Maybe in the United States, but what about elsewhere like China, India, Europe, etc....In the United States, all the employer has to do is provide a convincing argument to the judge as to why this type of discovery is appropriate. The judge then has the option to accept or deny it. If I was going to keep myself completely anonymous, then I would not use a credit card for the subscription service in the United States or anywhere else. I noticed the Anonymizer allows you to send in a money order to them so you do not have to use a credit card. I would also go to one of the many coffee shops and fast food locations that has wi-fi versus my own residence so they have another road block. There is also another way of tracking through the installation of regular and flash cookies. I would clear the cookies before browsing anonymously. There is a program called CC Cleaner that will clean out the computer.
What he is doing breaks US law and a lot of UK brokers won't let a US customer sign up. So you sign up "from" somewhere else and dont log in from the US.
Browsing the Web with Google cache http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/01/browsing-web-using-google-cache.html
Discussed in http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/11/29/1926209/Network-Security-While-Traveling?from=rss
Why would a truly anonymous IP service keep the logs? I think I read about some services that claim to erase or not keep the logs, but I don't know if I remember that correctly. Anyone shine some light on this?
Don't forget Wikileaks if you are a Whistleblower. Wikileaks will FIGHT to KEEP FROM knowing your identity.
I'm a software engineer... And web anonymity is not trivial for non-experts. And I disagree with your conclusion... There are dozens of countries with corrupt legal systems... Russia or Pakistan are prime examples... And endless offshore hell holes. http://www.ripoffreport.com/ ripoffreport is a BIG success because they NEVER take down a complaint... Not ever... your complaint follows your target for life... And there is a reason they are hosted in Turkey... Just go and try getting an IP address out of the Turkish legal system... Everyone up the chain will take your money... Before you hit a dead end... and they get rid of the infidel. Get flagfox for Firefox... You would be amazed where some sites are hosted. Also... IP is not enough... evidence on your PC is critical... If your computers are be encrypted with TrueCrypt (free) or PGP ($150)... The US military could not crack it, let alone the police... Virtually 100% of corporate laptops are encrypted.