Haystack (Software) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Haystack is a network traffic obfuscator and encryptor used to circumvent internet censorship. The BBC's Virtual Revolution television series featured this software in the context of attempts to bypass network blocking software in Iran. It is being developed by the Censorship Research Center in response to internet censorship during the 2009 Iranian election protests. Obfuscation is the concealment of intended meaning in communication, making communication confusing, intentionally ambiguous, and more difficult to interpret.Obfuscation may be used for many purposes. Doctors have been accused of using jargon to conceal unpleasant facts from a patient; American author Michael Crichton claimed that medical writing is a "highly skilled, calculated attempt to confuse the reader."