An ambitious attempt by an international coalition of hackers to create a file-sharing program that can defeat censorship has gone back to the drawing board, the project's leader said Wednesday. Known as "Peekabooty"--and previously as Project X--the program could allow dissidents in authoritarian countries to speak out online by hiding the identity of its users.. . .
An ambitious attempt by an international coalition of hackers to create a file-sharing program that can defeat censorship has gone back to the drawing board, the project's leader said Wednesday. Known as "Peekabooty"--and previously as Project X--the program could allow dissidents in authoritarian countries to speak out online by hiding the identity of its users.

While the program was expected to be released at Def Con, the well-known hacker to-do, the group has decided to solve some sticky technical problems first.

"I have decided to delay the release in the interests of end-user safety," the project's leader, a hacker known as "Oxblood Ruffian," said in an e-mail Wednesday. "Although I am very pleased with what we've accomplished to date, it would be irresponsible to release the software in its current state."

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