The hacker group Hacktivismo have announced that they are releasing software which will allow people to surf anonymously without governments and law enforcement limiting their activities. The new program, called Camera/Shy, was released on Saturday and it will allow people in oppressed nations such as China and other Middle Eastern countries to freely send messages embedded in photos which can then be made available across the web.
There are also rumours that Hacktivismo will be releasing new technologies in the near future that will allow the creation of anonymous networks that will allow the free distribution of information using an untraceable method. The new technology would allow users to configure decentralised VPNs, which are similar to VPNs deployed in many organisations that allow private secure networks to be made.
The Hacktivismo group has been known in the past for creating software that could be used for malicious purposes, now there appears to be a change in their focus towards using their abilities to allow more freedom of information across the web. This project has been the result of two years work by some of the most skilled hackers, it was released at the H2K2 conference and it's expected that the new networking technology will be announced within weeks.
Mixter, a famous German hacker, has spoken to ZDNet saying: "It's important for anyone whether they live in totalitarian country or a Western country to be anonymous".
News source: ZDNet
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