US Funding Stealth Internets to Circumvent Repressive Regimes

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday June 12, 2011 @04:55AM from the under-the-radar dept.

snydeq writes "The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy 'shadow' Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks. According to a report from CBS News: '...by the end of the year the State Department will have spent $70 million on efforts to provide alternate pathways for dissidents to access the Internet and telecommunications services. One group received $2 million to develop an "Internet in a suitcase" that could be easily carried and set up in a foreign country.'"

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Umm.. didn't they just say.. by SuperCharlie · 2011-06-12 05:03 · Score: 5, Interesting

This kinda thing is an act of war?
Great News! by ohnocitizen · 2011-06-12 05:13 · Score: 4, Interesting

Now we'll have a way to circumvent ICE copyright censorship, attempts by government officials to target critical bloggers, and of course everyone's favorite restrictions on videos/recordings of police actions. Let's boot this baby up and see what it can do....

localhost$shadowtubez start
==Welcome to ShadowTubez==
Fight the Power, with the help of the USA!
(Connecting to shadowtubez.us.gov to establish freedom fighter credentials...)

Doh!