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Originally posted by LazFX Is Iran trying to keep thier people in the dark??

Worked for China, with help from western nations and people like google

"I'll tell you why Iran hates the net, because of this right here; the ability of free people to express ideas, praise the genius of Christopher Walken, and mock the state of Florida. Also boobies....Especially boobies."

saw that on another site and it made me laugh...

but lilith, you are right, it sux that US companies are allowing them to do this, if said companies are employed by these types of countries.

got this in my email too.

Its ridiculous when governments try to censor the internet.

Either way, persians have satellite, illegal raves/parties in mansions in the north/ suburban areas where alcohol is sold and consumed and other things we think they cant get.

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Then you guys might find this interesting...

from that country above the US of A...yea, we're sneaky like that...

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Tool to circumvent internet censorship set to launch Last Updated: Friday, December 1, 2006 | 11:15 AM ET CBC News Researchers at University of Toronto plan to introduce a software tool on Friday that aims to help people in countries that censor the World Wide Web. Psiphon (pronounced sigh-fawn), a web-based utility, lets individuals in a country that censors the internet sign on to a server that gives them secure access to web pages anywhere, bypassing government restrictions. A new Canadian software tool aims to help people in web-censoring countries like Iran, where this woman was on the internet in a cafe in Tehran in August.A new Canadian software tool aims to help people in web-censoring countries like Iran, where this woman was on the internet in a cafe in Tehran in August. (Hasan Sarbakhshian/Associated Press) Its creators plan to launch the software at the Protect The Net conference at the university's Munk Centre for International Studies, where psiphon emerged as a project of Citizenlab. Researchers at the facility examine the relationship between digital media and politics around the world. "We're aiming at giving people access to sites like Wikipedia," a free, user-maintained online encyclopedia, and other information and news sources, Michael Hull, psiphon's lead engineer, told CBC News Online. Citing countries such as China and Iran among some 40 countries that censor the internet, Hull said that the way in which access to information is cut off is troubling. "My problem with it is that there's no transparency. Someone is making an arbitrary decision and there is no way to appeal it, even if you feel like you're doing nothing wrong," he said. Continue Article Psiphon works by letting people in uncensored countries download the free software to run a secure, encrypted server or node in the private network. The server administrator would pass the connection information to friends and family in censored countries - psiphonites - who could then log in through a web browser and navigate sites without restrictions. Lot of 'fear mongering' The system was designed so users don't have to download or install any software, Hull said. However, the administrator can see what sites users are visiting, which can help prevent abuse of trust, Hull suggested. "There's a lot of fear mongering that goes on, but people have been living for thousands of years based on the fact that people trust each other," he said. "That's all we're asking people to do." Hull said about 60 people, many in internet-censored countries, have been testing the software and the feedback has been positive. One of them will be participating in a live demonstration at psiphon's launch at the Friday conference, and the researchers will also show recorded video of psiphonites in Iran using the system.

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Don't know how widespread internet usage is over there but I imagine it's starting to become fairly common ( with cybercafes perhaps? )

It will only be a matter of time before people figure out way to go around the filtering from the governement.
Will they really want to do it considering the legal risks ... time will tell.

Government filtering bypassing is a common practice in China don't see why this shouldn't happen in Iran as well.

most likely... i assume north korea does the same.

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Originally posted by FliptheSwitch most likely... i assume north korea does the same.

North Korea only has an intranet

Fuckin love Canada man, just as others censor shit us liberal ninnies think up anti-censoring software, BOOYEAH!

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the fact is the official power has little power on the Iran population

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Originally posted by FliptheSwitch most likely... i assume north korea does the same.

I can't say I am 100% sure about this but at least officially North Korea is internetless.
At least from a domain point of view.
There is no whois server, technical contacts or anything for the cctld .kp.

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Originally posted by LazFX but lilith, you are right, it sux that US companies are allowing them to do this, if said companies are employed by these types of countries.

Not just the western ones. Shin Satellite PLC (Thailand) services North Korea for some things and they also service Iran as an ISP, they might not be the only ones doing it but its the only one off the top of my head that does and probably only provide the transmission services.