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

[Christopher A. Lindsey]

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

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