Amr , 1/ The newspaper Le Monde recently published an article (in French,sorry!) http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2013/04/23/la-police-japonaise-recommande-le-blocage-du-reseau-tor_3164344_651865.html about thee Japonese law enforcement wanting to block the private network known as The Onion Router (TOR) arguing that criminals were using it. TOR is a decentralized network of virtual tunnels used to send encrypted traffic through servers (relays) located worldwide managed by volunteers before the traffic is It is sent out to the public internet. Among other things, TOR allows internet users who wants to be anonymous to use domains names .ONION only accessible through this private network of servers. 2/ Reporters without Frontiers (RSF) , an NGO dedicated to defending freedom of expression and information worldwide states that TOR, together with other tools/channels such as VPN, encryptions, etc. is used for political activism by netizens who suffer from censorship in their home countries. In November last year, the NGO created a new website called WE FIGHT CENSORSHIP and developed an Online Survival KIT https://www.wefightcensorship.org/about-ushtml.html http://en.rsf.org/who-we-are-12-09-2012,32617.html RSF display, among other things, manuals explaining how to use TOR (on mobile and non mobile platforms). This new website is also meant to publish censored contents through a mechanism that ensures the safety of the authors. Among other things, It uses the technique of multiplying copies on mirror sites. Just a thought. It seems to me that since this NGO specializes in identifying and reporting such cases (155 journalists and 130 netizens are being jailed right now worldwide) it would be very interesting if Stephanie could contact them and maybe get more information about specific cases of victims of censorships who have been using .ONION anonymous websites. Best, Marie-laure Enviado desde mi iPad El 24/04/2013, a las 06:33, Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]> escribi¨®: > Hi, > > Thanks Walid, Joy, Maria and David. If it's alright with you, I'll communicate with you further off-list to develop the write-up of these scenarios. > > Thanks again. > > Amr > > On Apr 24, 2013, at 12:56 PM, David Cake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Some organisations (the Church of Scientology is one) will actively harass critics, by means such as hiring private detectives, spurious legal claims, etc. If you criticise them and they are able to find a name and contact details they will find ways to attack you personally, such as private detectives ringing your school/employer/home with accusations of legal malfeasance. >> >> Regards >> David >> >> On 24/04/2013, at 5:21 AM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Dear All: >>> >>> One of NCSG's follow-up items on WHOIS coming out of Beijing was a special request from Stephanie Perrin, who is the only privacy advocate on the ICANN Board's Expert Working Group on Directory Services (aka whois). >>> >>> Stephanie needs for NCSG to assist her in coming up with a list of use case examples of why one needs an anonymous domain name registration. >>> >>> So if you know of any facts that describe a scenario that demonstrates the legitimate need to register a domain name anonymously, please let us know! Actually, please let Amr Elsadr know (cc'd here) who's agreed to keep track of this information for NCSG and feed it to Stephanie for her work on the working group. >>> >>> Stephanie came and spoke to NCSG during our open meeting in Beijing and asked for the help of our members in coming up with these examples. This is a great chance for us to provide direct input into an important process to protect privacy and anonymity rights on the Internet, so I hope you will send any thoughts you may have to Amr (or post to this list for collection also). >>> >>> Thanks for your help! >>> >>> Best, >>> Robin >>> >>> >>> IP JUSTICE >>> Robin Gross, Executive Director >>> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA >>> p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 >>> w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] >