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Getting Past Censorship With Unorthodox Links To the Internet

Posted by timothy on from the sneakier-net dept.

An anonymous reader points out a short article at The Economist, which says "Savvy techies are finding ways to circumvent politically motivated shutdowns of the internet. Various groups around the world are using creative means like multi-directional mobile phone antennae and even microwave ovens to transmit internet traffic accross international borders."

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  1. Multi-directional mobile phone antennae by pushing-robot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Any ideas where I can pick up a multi-directional antenna for my phone? The unidirectional antenna it came with is a huge pain.

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  2. Re:Depends on the country... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But avian carriers tweet really well.

  3. RFC1149 by Nimey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who'd look twice at some pigeons?

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