Join a challenge to find unblockable, anonymous, encripted mobile Internet access.   "This challenge is to create technology that can literally help to reshape our world, liberate hundreds of millions of people from repression, and bring down evil regimes in the process. There are few opportunities to create positive change on par with this one."

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Background

Recent brutal crackdowns in Tibet, Myanamar and Iran were successful because local governments were able to block, censor, and spy on Internet access by their citizens. This effectively cut off the free flow of information and made it impossible for people on the ground to report the atrocities they witnessed safely. There is no threat to Democracy like cutting off the free flow of information. The free flow of information is the lifeblood of Democracy. Currently the power to control information rests in the hands of the few. This must be changed or Democracy (worldwide, not just in developing countries or tyrranical regimes) will become a thing of the past within 50 years. The stakes are very high.

Armed governments, run by tyrants, are a great threat not only to Democracy, but to the survival of our species and to the well-being of hundreds of millions, and even billions, of people on this planet. While we cannot arm every citizen with a gun, we can arm them with anonymous, unblockable mobile Internet access. They already have camera phones.

Nova Spivack posted this Challenge and more people are stepping up to tackle the issue.   You can connect with him directly on ChallengePost or read more about the Challenge here.  

The Challenge

This one technological contribution could shift the balance of power back to the people. The power of the camera phone connected by a safe and unblockable connection to the Internet trumps the power of the gun.

This challenge is to develop or port a technology that gives people unblockable, encrypted, anonymous Internet access for widely used mobile devices (devices that are prevalent in developing countries, or even countries such as China, where such crackdowns typically occur).

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