- An anti-government activist works on his computer in a tent at the Pearl Square roundabout in Manama, Bahrain. Web circumvention tools are taking off in many Arab countries undergoing political upheaval. (Hasan Jamali)
Posted on 03/24/2011 11:19:42 PM PDT by bronxville
The Obama administration may not be lending arms to dissidents in the Middle East, but it is offering aid in another critical way: helping them surf the Web anonymously as they seek to overthrow their governments.
Federal agencies - such as the State Department, the Defense Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors - have been funding a handful of technology firms that allow people to get online without being tracked or to visit news or social media sites that governments have blocked. Many of these little-known organizations - such as the Tor Project and UltraReach- are unabashedly supportive of the activists in the Middle East.
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- An anti-government activist works on his computer in a tent at the Pearl Square roundabout in Manama, Bahrain. Web circumvention tools are taking off in many Arab countries undergoing political upheaval. (Hasan Jamali)
Fits in perfectly with the LONG HISTORY of pedophiles desire for anonymity.
This is going to be a major headache for whoever has to clean up after Obama.
And a headache for the RIAA and MPAA since this same technology allows for easy, anonymous song and movie downloads.
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