Hackers plan space satellites to combat SOPA censorship

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Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit.

BBC News - Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship
  • Profile picture of the author caseycase
    Wow, that's nuts. I have my doubts that they will ever be able to make it happen, but a cool idea nonetheless!
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  • Profile picture of the author kokopelli
    Anyone say "star wars"?
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Yep, great idea, but any gov willing to censor it's people's speech is more than likely going to shoot a "freedom" satellite right out of orbit.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      I read an article on FB (which naturally I can't find now) that had a more practical idea.
      Sites like eBay, Paypal, Google, Amazon, and a few other big ones are supposedly involved.
      The idea is the day before the vote on SOPA they will shut down and only display a page with instructions to contact your reps in Congress and tell them to vote no on SOPA.
      Considering that all those sites would suffer if not shut down if SOPA passes I think there may be something to it.
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