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Tearing Down China's Great Firewall

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the best-work-done-in-basements dept.

quadsoft writes to tell us The Toronto Star has a look at three University Toronto computer geeks who are working hard to circumvent the internet censorship problems like those found in China. From the article: "But the computer smarts of Ron Deibert, Nart Villeneuve, and Michael Hull, combined with their passion for politics and free expression, have led them to develop a highly anticipated software program that allows Internet users inside China and other countries, such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and Burma, to get around repressive censorship and not get caught."

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  1. Geeks and Nerds by Elouise · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When will the world learn that Geeks and Nerds are completely different "types" - they are not interchangable... Some may class themselves as both - But most of us 'Geeks' would agree we are definitely NOT 'Nerds'...

  2. Re:Iran by CRCulver · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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