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otaku-sex-beast:

New system could make censorship of Internet sites virtually impossible

imaurel:

combattant-de-la-liberte:

Chinese citizens could once again enjoy LOL Cats on YouTube - as well as content critical of the communist government - if a new system developed by researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) and the University of Waterloo (UW) in Canada were implemented. The researchers claim the system, called Telex, would thwart Internet censorship and make it virtually impossible for a censoring government to block individual sites by essentially turning the entire web into a proxy server.

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“This has the potential to shift the arms race regarding censorship to be in favor of free and open communication,” said Halderman. “The Internet has the ability to catalyze change by empowering people through information and communication services. Repressive governments have responded by aggressively filtering it. If we can find ways to keep those channels open, we can give more people the ability to take part in free speech and access to information.”

Oh, that is so sexy.

I like this, not just for SJ and political reasons but also because of my Engineering “ooh, shiny!” reflex.