Bypassing internet censoring governments
@yaahoo_laziest (7)
United States
December 4, 2006 1:55pm CST
Check this out. There is a new tool to circumvent government bans on Internet sites out now. It's called "Psiphon:"
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This is especially good news for readers in China, India, Pakistan, and the Middle East trying to access blogs and websites critical of their governments or critical of Islam.
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Like they say, information wants to be free. And where there's a programmer, there's a way.
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HEADLINE: Tool to circumvent internet censorship set to launch
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Researchers at University of Toronto plan to introduce a software tool on Friday that aims to help people in countries that censor the World Wide Web.
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Psiphon (pronounced sigh-fawn), a web-based utility, lets individuals in a country that censors the internet sign on to a server that gives them secure access to web pages anywhere, bypassing government restrictions...
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Full article at CBC News, Canada --
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/12/01/censor-tool.html
1 response
@Karma71 (175)
• United States
4 Dec 06
Wow, that's interesting. Where do you find these kinds of articles?? I didn't know there were countries that banned people from using the internet. If this Psiphon gets going wonder what will happen to the people that use it and get caught??