coops Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Well, I'm a happy Opera user - but also occasionally use Torpark to get round any censorship. Came across this development - a TOR portable browser based on Opera (Torpark is a portable Mozilla browser). http://letwist.net/operator Coops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Using Torpark is probably illegal in Thailand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 But how can anyone tell if your using it if its anonymous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Using Torpark is probably illegal in Thailand... NO - it isn't (quite apart from the rather obvious one of how anyone could tell or trace you). Even if it was, so what. I also occasionally break speed limits. What a rebel i am But seriously..... Bangkok Post did raise this point to the relevant minister and was reassured it isn't illegal to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 I agree with so what but Two weeks ago, Thailandâ??s military-appointed assembly ratified a new cybercrime law by a vote of 119-1. This was, in fact, the first law passed by the coup governmentt. All its â??crimesâ?? were already adequately enforced by existing Thai law. The lawâ??s early drafts included the death penalty and life imprisonment but these were dropped to â??onlyâ? 20 years in the final version. Although the cybercrime law never refers to censorship, its provisions have been drafted in such a way as to criminalise everyday computer users. Computer users can now be charged for simply viewing any Website hosting content deemed to be â??illegal, offensive or obsceneâ? whether or not it has been blocked by government. Use of circumvention software or anonymous proxies is considered to be â??illegal instructionsâ? (same legal weight as viruses, for example); concealing oneâ??s IP address by these or other means carries penalties of two and four years. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coops Posted June 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 I agree with so what but Use of circumvention software or anonymous proxies is considered to be â??illegal instructionsâ? (same legal weight as viruses, for example); concealing oneâ??s IP address by these or other means carries penalties of two and four years. Link Blimey.... oh, well. Ahem, obviously I don't reallyuse such illegal software, ever, at all, at all - just heard about it from a friend. ;-) coops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Hi, This stuff is so unfucking believable, and now that it is law it will almost certainly never be removed from the law books again. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 I read interview with ICT Minister a few weeks back that using Tor was not illegal, but if you viewed a illegal site that was illegal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatkik Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Perhaps we can close our eyes when an illegal site pops up through tor then? At least whilst no-ones looking. Should stand up in court eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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