Internet users can access new technology from Google Ideas which will enable them to surf the net with the help of a friend in a censor-free nation.
The ‘uProxy’ web-browser extension uses peer-to-peer technology to let people around the world provide one another with a trusted Internet connection.
The product is a personalized Virtual Private Network that does not depend on a centralized server or a commercial provider, making it difficult for governments or regimes to block.
A user in Iran or elsewhere would be able to ask a friend in the United States via chat to activate uProxy. The US contact would click on the extension, and the Iranian user would receive a notification.
After clicking on the notification and accepting the invitation, he or she would then be connected to the Internet, via a secure channel through the friend’s connection.