Google announces uProxy

Post by lallysingh » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:09 PM UTC

simias wrote: post #47

draugadrotten wrote: post #12

> "If someone from a country with limited internet access installs uProxy, they can get a friend from the US to authorize them to surf the open web using their connection. " In effect, they would also be sending all their sensitive, potentially illegal traffic to be read and copied by the american NSA agency. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%2... People proxying illegal traffic through the U…

While technically true "the US" here is only used as an example, I don't believe the endpoints have to be in the US (if I understand correctly any user of this extension can choose to become a proxy). An other point in the video (at around 0:50) mentions that you can select your route through trusted friends. If that's true it means that you can decide where your traffic transits. Now obviously if you use the binary…

Post by lallysingh » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:14 PM UTC

r0h1n wrote: post #74

StavrosK wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you read the article? It's not a Google service. Why buy a "real" VPN subscription instead of running things through a friend, which is way more decentralized and harder to surveil en masse?

I did. I also went to the uProxy site which mentions it was seeded by Google Ideas. Also, >> One of the ways uProxy connects you through your friends, is by connecting to existing chat networks, such as Facebook or Google Hangouts. uProxy can use a chat network to discover new friends and setup peer-to-peer proxying from your friends. If a user does so, then the chat network can see that the user has uProxy installed…

Post by lallysingh » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:18 PM UTC

X4 wrote: post #93

If a dissident hacks into a government site or does something else like speaking out his opinion, will I get arrested for them, when I live in a neighbour country? Or even get arrested for their actions on hacking stuff? I mean the US and Europe both ban hacking and penalize it with more jail time than rape and in some cases even murder.

Post by lallysingh » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:23 PM UTC

znowi wrote: post #35

draugadrotten wrote: post #12

> "If someone from a country with limited internet access installs uProxy, they can get a friend from the US to authorize them to surf the open web using their connection. " In effect, they would also be sending all their sensitive, potentially illegal traffic to be read and copied by the american NSA agency. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%2... People proxying illegal traffic through the U…

> I can see CIA looking at how their propaganda are affecting foreign nations by seeing who reads it from where Interestingly, this is the second Google project on HN today that caters to people in oppressive countries. uProxy and recently announced Project Shield [1]. The major targets are Syria and Iran. Incidentally, they're also targets for the US military :) Intel from the enemy territory will certainly be of in…

Post by gibwell » Tue, Oct 22, 2013, 4:33 PM UTC

res0nat0r wrote: post #90

draugadrotten wrote: post #12

> "If someone from a country with limited internet access installs uProxy, they can get a friend from the US to authorize them to surf the open web using their connection. " In effect, they would also be sending all their sensitive, potentially illegal traffic to be read and copied by the american NSA agency. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%2... People proxying illegal traffic through the U…

Can we stop every new thread on HN with NSA spy stories? The NSA can/has/is spying on you for a long time and it has nothing to do with any US company. Much of the traffic around the world (bound for the US or not) is routed through the USA due to us being such a central player, and these core routers have been tapped for a long time. It doesn't matter if you are dealing with "US company" or not.