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Tor Tests Undetectably Encrypted Connections In Iran
Sparrowvsrevolution writes "Ahead of the anniversary of Iran's revolution, the country's government has locked down its already-censored Internet, blocking access to many services and in some cases cutting off all encrypted traffic on the Web of the kind used by secure email, social networking and banking sites. In response, the information-freedom-focused Tor Project is testing a new tool it's calling 'obfsproxy,' or obfuscated proxy, which aims to make SSL or TLS traffic appear to be unencrypted traffic like HTTP or instant messaging data. While the tool currently only disguises SSL as the SOCKS protocol, in future versions it will aim to disguise encrypted traffic as any protocol the user chooses. Tor executive director Andrew Lewman says the idea is to 'make your Ferrari look like a Toyota by putting an actual Toyota shell over the Ferrari.'" Reader bonch adds: "A thread on Hacker News provides first-hand accounts as well as workarounds."
The MPAA has already called in the FBI, CIA, NSA, and a cadre of hired Senators to put a stop to this illegal piracy-facilitating tool--which, if it's not stopped, will cost millions of American jobs and perhaps collapse the entire economy. Our children's futures are at stake here, people!!!
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
It's steganography. They've created a strong AI capable of passing as human and conversing intelligently with other copies of itself. Each AI instance develops relationships with others, sharing email and IMs about its loves and hates, passions and dreams, even photos of virtual family and pets. All of which can contain a hidden payload of your private data.
But enough technical mumbo-jumbo. What matters is you'll now be able to surf porn sites without anyone knowing.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?