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(Fwd) Hackers to unleash anti-censorship tool



http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2713742,00.html?chkpt=hu
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Hackers to unleash anti-censorship tool

By Will Knight, ZDNet (UK)

April 30, 2001 10:03 AM PT

URL:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2713742,00.html?chkpt=hu
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A computer hacking group best known for creating tools for hijacking
computer systems is turning its hand to civil disobedience and plans
to release an application that could scupper government and corporate
censorship around the world.

The tool--to be called Peekabooty--will be based on peer-to-peer
network technology. This allows data to be distributed directly
between computer systems and has attained fame through the emergence
of music-sharing technologies such as Napster and Gnutella. Peekabooty
hosts will cooperate in a similar way to Gnutella--without a central
server--but in this case will share and distribute controversial Web
pages.

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