A program called psiphon will be released to the public on December 1st - this program allows internet users to circumvent government censorship of the Web according to the New York Times.
Psiphon is downloaded by a person in an uncensored country (psiphon.civisec.org), turning that person’s computer into an access point. Someone in a restricted-access country can then log into that computer through an encrypted connection and using it as a proxy, gain access to censored sites. The program’s designers say there is no evidence on the user’s computer of having viewed censored material once they erase their Internet history after each use. The software is part of a broader effort to live up to the initial hopes human rights activists had that the Internet would provide unprecedented freedom of expression for those living in restrictive countries.
Links: New York Times














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@ 09:50
I wonder if students in American public schools might not use this application to circumvent censorship in their classrooms and libraries.