Overseas IT firms offer Burma?s government added protection against online activism... "Of the 1,100 prisoners of conscience currently languishing in jails throughout Burma, not one is a cyber-dissident. No organization contacted by The Irrawaddy has any record of Burma?s military government detaining or sentencing a single Burmese citizen because of their activities on the worldwide web. Given Burma?s recent efforts to get its hands on the most advanced security and spying software available, however, that statistic may be about to change. Companies and IT specialists from the US, Canada, Britain, Thailand and Singapore are now offering their wares to the Burmese government as it strives to further secure the net, meaning those that have been bypassing the country?s filtering system thus far may be in for a nasty surprise..."