Using email tricks to get news into countries that censor it

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    Date: 
    3 August 2009

    A security researcher at the Defcon security conference has proposed a way to get news feeds into countries that ban them via email clients. The proposal aims to simplify the process by which Internet users in censored countries can get uncensored news, making it useful in countries such as China and Iran.

    Sho Ho, a researcher at the federal government’s Broadcasting Board of Governors program — which sponsors Voice of America and other programs — proposed a project that could circumvent attempts to crack down on censored web sites.