Staying anonymous on the web

BBC News reports on the dangers for bloggers in countries with repressive regimes exposing their identity, even pseudonymously, and offers some anonymisation tips:

The internet has given the individual unprecedented power to reach out to millions but some governments are cautious, even hostile, to giving their citizens free access to ideas they deem too democratic and dangerous.

Cuba, Egypt, Tunisia: they are all popular with holiday makers but they also censor and even lock up journalists and bloggers.

This is why the media rights group, Reporters Without Borders, has published The Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents.

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So what do you do if you want to escape detection from authorities who might not like your work as much as you do?

The Handbook is pretty technical but it also contains some simple tips, so you can say what you think without having to worry the censors or cyber-police too much.

Sounds like a must-read for dissident bloggers the world over. And it reminds me that freedom of speech is still a privilege.