Researcher Makes Free Phone and Text Encryption Available to Egypt. Free phone and text-message encryption software that has until now been available mostly to U.S. users can now be used in Egypt, according to the security researcher who developed it.
The researcher, who goes by the name Moxie Marlinspike, released the software last year for use in the United States through his company Whisper Systems, and has been working on making it available for international users. He hasn’t reached that stage yet. Mobile Applications Journalists (and You) Should Have on Your Phone. Updated: I added several resources as well as text to show device support.
I also clarified the introduction a bit. A great discussion began on Quora asking “What apps should every journalist have on their iPhone?” Both professional journalists and recreational reporters jumped in on the discussion with enough suggestions to cover most bases when you need to capture news and publish it quickly from a mobile device. While not all are as useful to non-professional journalists, having some of the same apps available can serve the you well in the pursuit to be an active media participant. For this post, I’ve pulled from the best suggestions there and have added some of my own. Apps that improve phone calls and SMSActual phone calls and SMS (text messages) are already the killer apps of mobile. Skype offers flexibility as an IM and live-voice client, giving options beyond using just your mobile carrier for communication. Apps that improve consumption. Voice Message from Voice of Egypt. Live news feed from Egypt. Google Teams Up With Twitter And SayNow To Bring Tweeting-By-Phone To Egypt.
Tweet by phone. Voicemail. SMS. Ghost Route Hunter : IPv6 DFP visibility : All. Other quick fixes. Landline dialup #1. Landline dialup #2 #3. Egypt. TreeWalk DNS Home. Anonymity. We Re-Build. Unblock. I've Created a FREE VPN Server for ALL Egyptians to bypass Internet Blockage in Egypt and to "Empower The Revolution" of #Jan25 This (Virtual Private Network) VPN Connect creates an Unblockable and Secure Connection to our Server in USA to bypass ALL Internet Blockage in Egypt (Example: Facebook, Twitter and Dostor).
Special Thanks for the team members: @Wael_Aziz and @Sherif_ and @Hend_Hafez Announcements: Update 1: Egypt Revolution 2.0 Completed Successfully. Twitter, Fb & Google. Around blocking. How to install the Circumventor program, which gets around all Web-blocking software Bennett Haselton This page describes how to install the "Circumventor" program, which can be used to get around all Web blocking programs.
However, Please Note!! You don't actually install the Circumventor on the computer that is blocked from accessing Web sites. You, or a friend of yours, has to install the Circumventor on some other machine which is not censored. For example, if you want to get around Web blocking at work, don't install the Circumventor on your work computer. If you want to, please enter your email address below if you would like to receive updates about the Circumventor software. Access Blocked Websites. I will show you how to Unblock blocked websites, Access, Bypass any blocked websites easily.
You might have come across news about blocking certain websites in some countries. So the citizens of that countries are not allowed to access those websites. Orkut website blocked in China, Saudi Arabia is a good example for it. Apart from the government’s tactics, some of the schools, offices etc. too block or restrict the access to certain websites. Social Networking sites including MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Orkut etc. are the ones which are mostly blocked. How to. By Nancy Gohring and Robert McMillan January 29, 2011 12:01 AM ET IDG News Service - "When countries block, we evolve," an activist with the group We Rebuild wrote in a Twitter message on Friday.
That's just what many Egyptians have been doing this week, as groups like We Rebuild scramble to keep the country connected to the outside world, turning to landline telephones, fax machines and even ham radio to keep information flowing in and out of the country. How-to wiki. From Wired How-To Wiki Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the major ISPs to turn off service.
This is what happened in Egypt Jan. 25 prompted by citizen protests, with sources estimating that the Egyptian government cut off approximately 88 percent of the country's internet access. What do you do without internet? Step 1: Stop crying in the corner. Then start taking steps to reconnect with your network. This article is part of a wiki anyone can edit.
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