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U.S. Funds Anonymizer for Iranians

Posted by michael on from the one-hand-giveth dept.

SiliconEntity writes "British online rag The Register is reporting that the U.S. Government is funding anonymizer.com to provide anonymous browsing services to Iranians. Using U.S. funding, the company created a special version of its anonymizing proxy which has instructions in Farsi and only accepts connections from Iranian IP addresses. The service defaults to the Voice of America web site, but users can input any address and browse free of (Iranian) government censorship."

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  1. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dumb comments post MICHAEL!!!

  2. Re:freedom as tool (WMD's? hahaha) by joeldg · · Score: -1, Troll

    WMD's?

    yea.. saying we can't find any in Iraq lets go find them someplace else..

    sheesh..

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    anime+manga together at last.. in real time.
  3. Re:It's understandable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We should be delivering privacy and freedom *everywhere* we can.

    Yep. How's it going in Iraq?
    Your job is to take a part in the complex international community as a member state, not to invade other countries to impose your ideals.

    What happens when the number of Americans killed in Iraq surpasses the number killed in 9/11?

  4. Re:No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Common knowledge. Prove otherwise.