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Originally Posted by Laughingstok View Post
Eh.. "sharing" is relative. Essentially the N900 acts as a mobile proxy server. You're just logging into the box with an ssh client (ssh = secure shell, meaning it's encrypted traffic) like PuTTy, setting up a tunnel and then surfing wherever you need to essentially from the location of the phone.

So say you want something in the U.S, you would just have a U.S. N900 user create you a temporary account and off you go. Or in France, same thing, etc.

If everyone got on the bandwagon, it would be close to impossible to censor anyone.
Look into Peek-A-Booty, it's a p2p browser with exactly that in mind. I'm not sure how far it went or what the current status is.

Unfortunately no, most are not bothered because most don't see anything wrong with censorship. sacrifice for the state and for the collective's perceived welfare comes first here. a lot of my friends here eat up what the state-run media tells them. but i should mention that the younger generation is a lot more flexible and accepting if you tell them something is wrong with the way things are done, or if you discuss Chinese history/politics with them.
All of the people I tried to talk politics or history with them, seemed reserved and defensive. Maybe because it was in a chat room and not face to face so they were afraid of saying something wrong that Big Brother might catch. It's a shame really, I hope with the younger generation the country will drift to more towards openness and not towards totalitarianism.