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Voice of America funded Circumventor software allows Chinese an endrun around censors
ZDNet Government ^ | February 16, 2006 | Steve Inskeep

Posted on 02/20/2006 7:56:44 PM PST by Fred

NPR features an interview today with Bennett Haselton, programmer of Circumventor software, which allows users in China to access blocked sites via a compliant machine based outside of China. When you install the software it generates a URL Chinese users can use to use your machine as a proxy for uncensored Web surfing, Haselton explained to...... Voice of America VOA-funded Circumventor software allows Chinese an endrun around censors

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; china; commies; google; red; yahoo
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1 posted on 02/20/2006 7:56:48 PM PST by Fred
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To: Fred

Good. Glad to hear about it.


2 posted on 02/20/2006 7:58:16 PM PST by GSlob
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To: Fred

Very cool!


3 posted on 02/20/2006 8:01:29 PM PST by PilloryHillary (Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.)
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To: Fred

HEH HEH! Now the Chinese will go ape this week!


4 posted on 02/20/2006 8:04:18 PM PST by BobS
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To: Fred

Interesting.


5 posted on 02/20/2006 8:06:15 PM PST by TheForceOfOne
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To: Fred

Screw china. They are commies through and through. Now to fund the router for Iran.


6 posted on 02/20/2006 8:07:57 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: Fred

And I'm sure google and yahoo would be more than willing to help Red china track down any who search for the software or run the openproxy.


7 posted on 02/20/2006 8:09:49 PM PST by Bogey78O (<thinking of new tagline>)
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To: Thunder90

They are commies through and through.

Meanwhile, many are looking for a good investment opportunity. I doubt this makes any sense to you whatsoever.


8 posted on 02/20/2006 8:12:49 PM PST by jwh_Denver (Tagline random generator working.)
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To: Fred

The most heavily censored internet connections are not in China, but in Saudi Arabia and other Islamic states. Hopefully, this program will find some use there too.


9 posted on 02/20/2006 8:15:33 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Fred
HOW ARE YOU COMRADES!!
ALL YOUR FIREWALL ARE BELONG TO US.
HA HA HA HA....
10 posted on 02/20/2006 8:18:11 PM PST by RichInOC (JINGJING AND CHACHA: WHAT YOU SAY!!)
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To: Natural Law
"The most heavily censored internet connections are not in China, but in Saudi Arabia and other Islamic states.

They all need a big news-server too. That will screw them up!

11 posted on 02/20/2006 8:19:34 PM PST by BobS
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To: Fred

"When you install the software it generates a URL Chinese users can use to use your machine as a proxy for uncensored Web surfing"

Not on my computer but it does sound like a good use for the library's PC...


12 posted on 02/20/2006 8:27:39 PM PST by mrsparkle
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To: Fred

There is no censorship of the Web. You can either hook up and see the world, or disconnect and die.

The PRC Communists may have their unleashed dog eat their hearts.


13 posted on 02/20/2006 8:30:22 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (.)
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To: Fred

(smiling)


14 posted on 02/20/2006 8:31:03 PM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: Natural Law
"The most heavily censored internet connections are not in China, but in Saudi Arabia and other Islamic states"

Is there an active group trying to circumvent and spoil Saudi information restrictions? I would love to send them some Torahs, porno, and the Declaration of Independence.

15 posted on 02/20/2006 8:32:23 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (.)
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To: Fred
Any Chinese found using this software will be fed to:

related story

16 posted on 02/20/2006 8:48:16 PM PST by JRios1968 (A DUmmie troll's motto: "Non cogito, ergo zot")
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To: Fred

Can't the chi-coms just block the address?,p>Also, we know the good comrades are into computer warfare, so what's to keep them from sending Virus crud back at the offending computer?


17 posted on 02/20/2006 9:24:51 PM PST by Cheapskate (America , -- -- -- -- Yeah!)
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To: ShadowAce

fyi


18 posted on 02/21/2006 3:15:09 AM PST by expat_panama
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19 posted on 02/21/2006 5:52:59 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Cheapskate
Can't the chi-coms just block the address?,p>

It'll be a constant game of whack-a-mole, the commies blocking new proxies as they are found, but they'll never be able to keep up with it. That is unless the URLs have something consistent in them, in which the commies can just block that pattern.

And by the time they get this under control yet another new method of circumventing censorship will be out in the wild.

20 posted on 02/21/2006 7:50:33 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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