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Hacktivismo: Software Solutions For Online Censorship Issues

Calendar Jul 18, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Hacktivismo, a new international working group of hackers led by Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) member "Oxblood Ruffin," is developing a software application designed to circumvent censorship on the Internet. Speaking at the Hacking on Planet Earth 2000 (H2K) conference . . . Hacktivismo, a new international working group of hackers led by Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) member "Oxblood Ruffin," is developing a software application designed to circumvent censorship on the Internet. Speaking at the Hacking on Planet Earth 2000 (H2K) conference here this weekend, Oxblood said Hacktivismo, which went public Saturday, first convened via listserv in February and, since then, has been "working on the technical details."

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