• Government Building Portable Internet
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[QUOTE]The United States is developing what the New York Times is calling “shadow internet” – a prototype network that can fit into a suitcase and be carried across state borders to provide political dissidents with access to the web in the event that their repressive governments shut down communications. This project is part of the Obama administration’s effort to undermine government censorship. The suitcase will use a mesh network technology, which creates a wireless web from cell phones and personal computers that can transmit messages, pictures or videos to one another without the need for a central, official network. This sort of tech has previously been used in remote or disaster-struck areas to provide web connections--it's like a cell phone swarm that in concert is strong enough to operate without the need for nearby towers or even satellites. Wireless antennas would increase the range of the network. Other projects within this effort, financed by the State Department, include building stealth wireless networks and independent cell phone networks inside of foreign countries. The U.S. has already spent $50 million to create such a cell phone network in Afghanistan, to counteract the Taliban’s ability to shut down official Afghan cell phone service at will.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/us-government-backs-shadow-internet-and-cell-phone-networks-battle-censorship-abroad[/url]
"The Shadow Internet" sounds completely badass.
A network in a suitcase? On a separate network? Interesting.
will there be porn on it :downs:
I wonder what parts of the Internet it will have.
i thought tor was already the shadow internet
They also do something similar to deliver internet connection to African communities in the middle of nowhere. Where Linksys WRT54GL routers with custom firmware are the mesh nodes, and one of them is somehow hooked up directly to a source of internet connection, most of the time being a satellite dish.
[QUOTE=Master117;30437187]I wonder what parts of the Internet it will have.[/QUOTE] This thread.
I can see some conflicting interests involved with this. Given that the US government has done quite a few pro-censorship things recently.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30437694]I can see some conflicting interests involved with this. Given that the US government has done quite a few pro-censorship things recently.[/QUOTE] For example?
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30437694]I can see some conflicting interests involved with this. Given that the US government has done quite a few pro-censorship things recently.[/QUOTE] Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary proof. :colbert:
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;30438762]Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary proof. :colbert:[/QUOTE] ice seizures
THE SHADOWNET BEGINS...
So from my uderstanding it's essentially a p2p network where one main client is still hooked towards the main network, most likely via satellite.
It already developed it for use in the "revolution" countries, iirc. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNEsw0Aj2U[/media]
Go Obama, woo.
I could only imagine what this would be used for.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;30438762]Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary proof. :colbert:[/QUOTE] Wikileaks, for one. ICE seizures, and the protect IP nonsense
Shadownet? Oooh, sounds so cyberpunk and mysterious, when all it is is a secret portable network to aid in kicking Gadaffi's arse.
:foxnews:[B]COMMUNIST LEFTIES USING SECRET GOVERNMENT INTERNET TO BROWSE A TERRORIST SITE KNOWN AS "FACEPUNCH"[/B]:foxnews: I tried
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;30438762]Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary proof. :colbert:[/QUOTE] the protect IP bill
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