[tor-talk] Why the US Government funds circumvention projects (Like Tor)

[Geoff Down]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:32 -0700, "Christopher A. Lindsey"
<CLindsey at GarudaLLC.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I light of the recent discussions regarding governments funding projects
> like Tor, I thought this article might be of interest.
> 
> From the article:
> From:   Chris Lindsey <Chris at ChristopherLindsey.com>
> To:     CLindsey at GarudaLLC.com
> Subject:        article
> Date:   Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:23:10 -0700
> 
> 
> 
> U.S. develops "panic button" for democracy activists
> 
> (Reuters) - Some day soon, when pro-democracy campaigners have their
> cellphones confiscated by police, they'll be able to hit the "panic
> button"
> -- a special app that will both wipe out the phone's address book and
> emit
> emergency alerts to other activists.
> 
> The panic button is one of the new technologies the U.S. State
> Department is
> promoting to equip pro-democracy activists in countries ranging from the
> Middle East to China with the tools to fight back against repressive
> governments.
> 
> "We've been trying to keep below the radar on this, because a lot of the
> people we are working with are operating in very sensitive
> environments,"
> said Michael Posner, assistant U.S. secretary of state for human rights
> and
> labor.
> 
> Full article:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-rights-usa-technology-idUSTRE7206DH20110325
> 
> 
> Take care,
> Chris
> 
> 
> -- 
> Christopher A. Lindsey <CLindsey at GarudaLLC.com>
> Garuda, LLC

Now at
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2527265620110325

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