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Tool to circumvent internet censorship set to launch
CBC News ^ | December 1, 2006 | CBC News

Posted on 12/04/2006 11:35:02 AM PST by faq

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.

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.

Its creators plan to launch the software at the Protect The Net conference at the university's Munk Centre for International Studies, where psiphon emerged as a project of Citizenlab. Researchers at the facility examine the relationship between digital media and politics around the world.

"We're aiming at giving people access to sites like Wikipedia," a free, user-maintained online encyclopedia, and other information and news sources, Michael Hull, psiphon's lead engineer, told CBC News Online.

Citing countries such as China and Iran among some 40 countries that censor the internet, Hull said that the way in which access to information is cut off is troubling.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006; 200612; censorship; china; internetcensorship; iran; munk; munkcenter; munkcentre; munkschool; osi; protectthenet; psiphon; siphon; soros; universityoftoronto
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To: sbMKE

BUMP!


21 posted on 12/04/2006 1:35:25 PM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: fanfan

Be more than a little ironic if it ends up being available at Wal-Mart, eh?


22 posted on 12/04/2006 4:50:11 PM PST by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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To: faq
HOLEY GEE-WHIZ!!!

So the Mighty University of "The Centre of The Universe" (aka Toronto for the great unwashed masses) has finally found ANONYMIZER.COM

What a bunch of self-absorbed LIEberal wankers.

23 posted on 12/05/2006 10:45:47 AM PST by Don W (Stoneage man survived thousands of years of bitter-cold ice. Modern man WILLsurvive global warming.)
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To: faq

bump


24 posted on 10/06/2024 1:25:33 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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