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Dissidents Seeking Anonymous Web Solutions?
DocMurphy asks: "I'm working with some dissidents who are looking for ways to use the Internet from within repressive regimes. Many have in-home Internet access, but think it too risky to participate in pro-freedom activities on home PCs. Internet cafés are also available, but although fairly anonymous, every machine may be infected with keystroke loggers that give governments access to and knowledge of 'banned' sites. Dissidents not only want to remain anonymous themselves, but also wish to not compromise the sites they access. Any suggestions for products/procedures/systems out there making anonymous access & publishing a reality under repressive regime run Internet access?"
First post.
for an anonymous f1rst p0st.
How about someone make a live linux distro that is specifically mean to assist people suffering from repression? A combination of RDP and VPN, encryption, wifi, wired, perhaps requiring an alternate key mapping, dhcp / configurable addressing, etc.
I must say I am amused by the leftist jokes about Americans being limited in speech when the leftists are the ones who have a history of promoting socialism + atheism which when mixed with a small dose of totalitarianism is about the same thing that the Chinese live under. 600 Million killed by Communism?
Nobody is going to believe that you had a stalker, garcia.
I helped garcia track the guy down. It's not bullshit.
-Aaron
My name is Aaron Landry, and I approve this message.
Bullshit. Nobody is going to believe that you had a stalker, garcia. You ain't anything special.
... ." Is *removed*
You apparently don't have to be:
Dear Mr. Roehl:
I have been enlisted as a vendor to do an active spot check of geocaching in the greater Twin Cities metro area. I will be conducting
spot checks for approximately the next 60 days. As part of my activity I will attempt to get a pulse on the attitude of MnGCA board members,
premium members and others regarding responsible geocaching. I would appreciate your cooperation in not locking threads that can provide
revealing information about the general attitude of your active members, board members and hopefully the Site Administrator.
For our purposes it would be most helpful if you to unlock the "Bad Old Putty Cat" thread so we can determine how many members, if any, think
this is NOT an appropriate cache container. I notice that you logged in this cache as a find on January 23rd. Being that you apparently
registered NO concerns for this wooden bird house cache (by one of your members) we assume that you think it meets MnGCA guidelines for an
acceptable cache placement. We are interested to know what eXactly is MnGCAs administrative policy for taking active measures to keep ~ as
Chad would say ~ "MN folks working to keep caching legal in the state...." For eXample how many geocaches in 2004 were recommended for
removal/archival by a MnGCA board member for being inactive, in poor shape, unsafe, etc, etc. etc.? Also, do you think it might be a good
idea for MnGCA members to inform other cachers if their cache is an all~seasons winter friendly cache or only a fair weather friendly
cache?
It is a little disconcerting that no apparent concern is voiced by the Site Administrator, yourself or a board member to the potential danger that a cache like "Barn Byewater" may pose. Perhaps there needs to be an oversite geocaching agency that has the final say on whether or not *removed* (Red Wing) is informed of the potential risk of the current geocache on Barn Bluff. Since that geocache was placed a small child fell to her death in the general area of "Barn Byewater." I would appreciate it very much if you cooperate by showing us your willingness to have an open forum of discussion. Afterall, I get the impression so
far that MnGCA has a rather hands off policy on policing geocaches yet you are quick to lock a thread. Are we to assume that MnGCA does not
welcome constructive criticism? Are we to assume that the most active geocacher in the greater metro area is a "maniacal genius" whos goal in
life is to monopolize location after location after location (700??? caches placed)? Perhaps, there are other members that would like an
opportunity to place a cache near their place of residence that isn't already taken by someone who lives miles away. What we'd really would like to know is if MnGCA is already out~of~control? What about giving everyone a fair chance by limiting a member to the number of caches they can place each year and the length of time any one cache can eXist?
Wouldn't this actually increase geocaching activity by creating more new sites to search every year instead of the same old cache at the same old location for several years? Or is one goal of Mngca a hands-off policy ~ with the fewer restrictions the better (e.g. bird house cache attached to tree with metal fastner)??? What eXactly, if anything, does the braintrust of MnGCA do to discourage and curtail such cute & clever caches as the "Bad Old Putty Cat?"
You indicate that you would like ~ "To obtain a challenging and demanding position in the Office of the Registrar
(952) *removed* aware of how much time you spend each day checking the discussion forums at MnGCA and thinking about geocaching at tax payer eXpense? Do you think, *removed*, Ed.D., and President of HTC~South would have any interest in www.lazylightning.org and likewise helping you further your career objectives???
Truly yours,
*removed*
But if you aren't willing to stand behind your words, what do they mean? You're just some kook on the internet, and you obviously don't care enough about what you're saying to risk prison, death, torture, disappeance, or *ahem* anything at all.
If everyone is already dead, dissent isn't going to do you any good anyway.
Name one example where "just hearing the words" was important. I'll give you some: Nazi Germany, Communist Russia, Far left and right wing kooks in the US. But you know what? All that anonymous preaching didn't do a lick of good.
Sure, more kooks decided the Jews were subhuman, kulaks were out to get them, the black helicopters of the UN were spying on them, and the WTO was the source of all evil, but compare all that whispering innuendo to Thoreau, Gandhi, or Rambo (First Blood part 2.)
Oscar Schindler didn't save a single Jew. That's right. They were saved by Allied soldiers. While he might have delayed the extermination of a few to the point when Americans and Russians saved them, those were his actions, he did nothing to stop it. When one of his friends or workers' number was up, he said goodbye and kept his mouth shut. Maybe what he did was of better use than going to the gas chamber in their stead, but it wasn't dissidence.
No anonymous coward ever changed things for the good by not standing by his words.