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Psiphon Now Available For Download
eldavojohn writes "Project Psiphon has been released for public download under the GPL. CNN has coverage of the Canadian research project that 'works by first allowing a person in a country like Canada that does not censor Internet content to set up a user name and a password for a person in a country that does — China, for example.' While this idea is certainly nothing new to Slashdot, the fact that software like Psiphon is becoming publicly available is interesting. For a quick simplified 'How it works,' Psiphon has a Flash demonstration." Not a moment too soon, apparently. China is moving to assign IDs to bloggers, to register their real identities and track their statements online.
This is great but why would I give some moron from somewhere else access to something that his govt restricts him from.. I am not the USA I dont need to free the world.. If they dont like how things are where they live they are human and they can leave and come here to the USA it seems we let people live here for free anyways! I personally use ssh and tunnel stuff like IRC, MSN, AOL, HTTP, and GTALK to my home non-filtered address. So it is possible for me to view pr0n at work without some nosy SOB watching what I do.. Granted the feds are always watching but last thing I want is the Dweeb police telling me what I can and cant do. I am technically savoy enough that I dont need anyone telling me what I can look at at work. That and I dont use windows so this makes it much easier to avoid security meausures.. Placed in the wrong hands these tools could be dangerous.