Canadians To Douse Chinese Firewall

FrenchyinOntario writes "Researchers at a University of Toronto lab are getting ready to release a computer program called Psiphon, which will allow Internet users in free countries to help users in more restrictive countries (like China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc.) to access the Internet by getting past the firewalls and getting around "rubber hose cryptoanalysis" which is a drawback of other anti-firewall programs as it reveals a user's tracks if discovered by authorities. Operating through port 443, Psiphon will allow users in monitoring countries the ability to send an encrypted request for certain information, and for users in secure countries to send it back to them. The UofT's Citizen Lab hopes to debut Psiphon at the international congress of the free speech group PEN in May."

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Makes me glad to live above the 49th Parallel

[AnimeFreak]

Don't worry, once the Conserv...Allia...Reform Party is out, all will be good again up here.

Effectiveness is up in the air

[kadathseeker]

but I think the motion is awesome. There have been many complaints about one government undermining another. I say fuck the Chinese government. We all (even the former Communist Party propaganda minister) agree that China's censorship laws are way out of line. The government isn't democratic, and the only reason the US government should care about upsetting them is that it will weaken trade, which will slow China's economic and social progress. But why the fuck should individuals all around the world not help out the Chinese? What is their govt. gonna do? "Um... you guys are nice and all with these trade deals, but it seems your citizens are helping undermine us." "Oh, sorry about that. You know how it is, can't keep those damn hackers away from illegal activity. First it's stealing music, then movies, then software, then company secrets, and well, you just can't stop them. It's like moths to a flame. Besides, your guys keep stealing Windows from us." "..."

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