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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hacktivismo Launches ScatterChat for Secure, Private Communication
CULT OF THE DEAD COW (cDc) subdivision releases user-friendly software
to facilitate anonymous communication and secure file transfers
NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) July 21, 2006 - Hacktivismo, an international
group of hackers, human rights workers, lawyers, and computer security
experts announces the release of ScatterChat (www.scatterchat.com), a
free, open source application designed to facilitate secure and private
real-time communication over the Internet.
ScatterChat is unique in that it is intended for non-technical human
rights activists and political dissidents operating behind oppressive
national firewalls. It is an instant messaging client that provides
end-to-end encryption over the Electronic Frontier Foundation-endorsed
Tor network. Its security features include resiliency against partial
compromise through perfect forward secrecy, immunity from replay
attacks, and limited resistance to traffic analysis, all reinforced
through a pro-actively secure design.
According to lead developer J. Salvatore Testa II, "The anonymity and
encryption that ScatterChat provides ensures that both the identities
and messages of activists remain a mystery, even to well-funded
totalitarian governments."
Hacktivismo will be announcing the release of ScatterChat at the HOPE
conference taking place July 21-23, at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New
York, NY.
ABOUT HACKTIVISMO
Hacktivismo, a subdivision of CULT OF THE DEAD COW (cDc), has been
combating information rights abuses for more than a decade. Its Goolag
campaign brought great visibility to the issue of Internet censorship
in China. Hacktivismo assumes as an ethical point of departure the
principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and
the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights.
ABOUT CULT OF THE DEAD COW
Founded in Lubbock, TX, CULT OF THE DEAD COW (cDc) is the most
influential hacking group in the world. The cDc alumni reads like a
Who's Who of hacking and includes a former Presidential advisor on
Internet security, among others. The group is further distinguished
by publishing the longest running e-zine on the Internet [est. 1984],
stretching the limits of the First Amendment, and fighting anyone or
any government that aspires to limit free speech.
PRESS CONTACT: press@hacktivismo.com
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