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CS Monitor: Researchers unveil tool for dodging countries with Internet surveillance

Christian Science Monitor:

“Currently, Internet users have little control over diverting their Web traffic to avoid countries they deem untrustworthy. But last week a team from University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania, and NEC Labs recently announced a possible fix – an Internet traffic routing system designed to give users the ability to determine where information flows as it moves from network to network.

Their project, called “Alibi routing” is a promising development for activists, dissident groups, journalists, or anyone else who has a vested interest in protecting sensitive information from prying eyes.

If a user wants to avoid troublesome countries, they could simply set Alibi to skip those locations.

‘Alibi is not a silver bullet,’ said Greg Norcie, a staff technologist for the Center for Democracy and Technology who specializes in privacy issues. ‘But it still could be useful for avoiding countries known for things like injection.'”

Read the full story here.