It is not entirely bulletproof, but developers say it will be difficult for censors to identify and block psiphon.
People in free countries can install the free open source software and turn their home computers into "psiphonodes," or personal, encrypted servers. The psiphonode administrator can create and manage user accounts so friends and relatives can log in from censored countries. The encrypted connection allows people in restrictive countries to go to the administrators' unique Web addresses, login with usernames and passwords provided by administrators, and surf the Web.
The people living under censorship (the software developers call them psiphonites) never make a direct connection to Web sites through their own computers. The Web site operators cannot see users' information, though administrators can see everything the psiphonite does.
The psiphon Web site, which provides the software, doesn't have to be operative for the software to work. In other words, even if a censoring regime blocks access to the psiphon Web site, people in restrictive countries can access the wide open Web through their friends' and family members' computers.
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Software Will Let Users Dodge Government Internet Censorship
Posted on Wednesday, November 29 at 09:45 by DiogenesContributed By
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An old quote comes to mind: "The Internet sees censorship as an error, and routes around it."<br />
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I don't like this part: "The Web site operators cannot see users' information, though administrators can see everything the psiphonite does. "<br />
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There is another anonymizer, called 'Tor' that is far superior because you install it on your computer, and not even you can control or tell what it is doing. It was designed so that not even Tor itself leaves any trail of what it does. If it can't tell, no one else can ethier.<br />
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<a href="http://tor.eff.org/">http://tor.eff.org/</a><br />
<p>---<br>"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden<br />
I kinda, sot guessed you'd have the skinny on this stuff much obliged!
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Diogenes said:
"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
Be very careful on who you choose as targets and cognise to whom the governments are in service to.
I was reading somewhere last night that in all the revolutions there have been the financiers, those who call the tune of governments, have never been attacked.
I do suppose though that government are legitimate targets as they are in collaboration with their masters and that my friends points to the grandest of conspiracies, Banks + Governments.
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Diogenes said:
"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
Here's the "ya but"
The pay's good
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Diogenes said:
"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
Which is why I think that the people who are on the take are the worse offenders of all.
I do see your point however, and the pay masters should be standing in the same line for a one-way ticket to the slaughter house.