Psiphon

There's little doubt that the internet has made our lives easier. The ability to speak with anyone in the world, stay in touch with all your friends and family, and order whatever food or products you wish without ever getting out of your pajamas is just the tip of the iceberg, but the impact this has had on our personal privacy is a problem that needs to be addressed. Americans are just starting to contend with this relationship between convenience and privacy in a major way, but the situation is far more dire in other countries. Countless people throughout the world have to concern themselves with having content blocked by the government or becoming a target for political persecution for using the internet as a platform for speaking truth to power. Psiphon is a software solution for the people who want access to the information the internet can provide without government censorship and who deserve to be able to exercise free speech without punishment. They combine a number of notable security solutions into a single package in pursuit of this purpose. Fundamentally, Psiphon operates similarly to a virtual private network service. These have been gaining increasing popularity in America for their ability to hide your internet history. They accomplish this by funneling your activity through remote servers, essentially masking who you are and cutting the path back to your computer's IP address. Understandably, this can make them an incredibly valuable tool in nations where internet access is tightly limited and closely monitored. But it's more than just a VPN service. It also makes use of secure shell cryptographic network protocol. This is protocol that allows users to circumvent the content restrictions applied to specific internet networks. It accomplishes this by connecting you to various physical servers throughout the world and masks your use of these servers through secure handshake protocol. These SSH settings are the standard technology that Psiphon uses, and they generally work very well, even in some of the most restricted countries in the world. The VPN service simply exists as a backup in instances where SSH doesn't work. Of course, government organizations are increasingly more tech capable and equipped with resources, and Psiphon stresses that they're intended as a tool to bypass censorship and not as a personal security tool. While the technology behind the software is rather secure, that doesn't make it foolproof. Psiphon is available as both a Windows-based software client and an Android app, and both are free to use, though a Pro version of the mobile app that reduces ads and restrictions on data usage is available for a monthly subscription fee. Psiphon understands that many governments block their site, and in instance like these, they allow you to receive a private download link for their software via email.