Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/20/181240 Posted by: timothy, on 2005-03-20 18:02:00 from the most-places-bad dept. [1]tcd004 writes "Kate Palmer writes in Foreign Policy Magazine that an [2]international black market for Internet access has arisen in many authoritarian countries who keep their populations offline. Savvy black marketers in cybercafes, universities, private homes, and elsewhere are exploiting technological loopholes to circumvent government filters and charge fees for access. According to [3]OpenNet Initiative, a nonprofit that tracks banned sites, visiting a single website in Saudi Arabia can cost anywhere from $26 to $67. And as censorship spreads, the prices are only going up." It's just a few paragraphs, but thought provoking. References 1. http://www.lostbrain.com/ 2. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=2787 3. http://www.opennetinitiative.net/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]