http://www.livemint.com/2012/01/24210113/The-digital-hacktivist.html [Anyone want to place some bets on the number of sites hacked based on techniques mentioned Ankit Fadia's 'How to Unblock Everything on the Internet' http://tech2.in.com/news/general/popular-indian-hacker-ankit-fadias-site-hacked/273372 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9325956616/infosecnews-20 http://securityerrata.org/errata/charlatan/ankit_fadia/ - WK] By Gopal Sathe livemint.com Jan 24 2012 Q&A | Ankit Fadia In an age where the government threatens to restrict access to the Internet, people need to arm themselves with the knowledge to work around any attempts at censorship, says author and “ethical hacker” Ankit Fadia. His new book, How to Unblock Everything on the Internet, offers 50 workarounds for most common blocks. Fadia says the book is for “non-technical users”, and many of the tips are indeed extremely simplistic - from suggestions such as using Google Translate and viewing Web pages as emails, to more complex systems such as setting up VPNs (virtual private networks) and information about proxies. The book offers little that is new or unique, but people who aren’t familiar or comfortable with technology will find it helpful. Fadia is not respected among hackers, who accuse him of being inexperienced and lacking depth of knowledge, and of making a quick buck out of information that is freely available on the Internet. Despite this, Fadia remains one of the few well-known hackers in India, and even as he acknowledges the allegations against him, he is quick to point out that his goal is not to write for the technological elite, but for everyone. Edited excerpts from an interview: What was your goal in writing this book? Who are the people that need to read this? I think everyone should be reading this book today. In December, I heard (Union minister) Kapil Sibal talk about censoring social networking sites, and I started to think about government bans and blocks. If India starts to cover up sites like China does, then the people need to know how to work around this. Social media and Google are powerful tools, and blocking them is an undemocratic attack on freedom of speech. I started writing these tips for college-goers and office workers, whose internal company networks needlessly cut off large parts of the Internet, but today this kind of knowledge is something everyone should have. [...] _____________________________________________________ Did a friend send you this article? Make it your New Year's Resolution to subscribe to InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Tue Jan 24 2012 - 23:53:50 PST
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