What is Psiphon?

April 23, 2012 in Information by Rafal Rohozinski | No comments

Psiphon is a set of technologies that use a combination of secure communication and obfuscation to defeat network censorship systems.  All Psiphon software is open source  and designed to circumvent  politically-motivated Internet censorship in countries where such censorship is extra-legally enforced.

Psiphon  is not designed  for  strong anonymity, avoidance of copyright, or to allow users to  share pirated software,  unlicensed audiovisual material, or to access illegal content such as child pornography.  We are governed by the laws of Canada, and abide  by best practices in ensuring user safety and privacy.

Psiphon inc  develops and maintains the Psiphon codebase and builds and operates  cloud-based content delivery systems for clients that include the British Broadcasting Corporation, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Farda as well as dozens of online newspapers journals and civil society groups worldwide.

Psiphon’s  award-winning  architecture offers  instant access to rich multimedia content without sacrificing user experience. Just click and surf.

Find out if Psiphon is right for you.

Find out what motivates us,  and why Psiphon is open source software.

Contact Psiphon at  info@psiphon.ca

Karl Kathuria joins the Psiphon team

May 1, 2012 in News by Rafal Rohozinski

01.05.2012-  We  are very pleased to announce that Karl Kathuria, former Head of Digital Delivery, BBC World Service Future Media,  has joined the Psiphon team as a strategic consultant. Karl  will be working with  the Psiphon  operations and development group to  help position  our next generation of products and services  including our new mobile client, statistics portal, and Internet weather report. Karl  is a recognized expert in the area of anti-censorship technologies and digital delivery.  He recently completed a one year fellowship with the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto,  where he  research and wrote “Casting a Wider Net”, a report analysing the delivery of BBC services over the censored internet.

ASL19 – supporting Psiphon and TOR users in Iran, Syria and China

April 23, 2012 in News by Rafal Rohozinski

2012.04.23. Psiphon inc is proud of our collaboration with ASL19 (Article 19 in Farsi) – the Canadian non-governmental organization dedicated to preserving freedom of access to the uncensored Internet. ASL 19′s mission is to support Internet users with the right of freedom of expression ofinformation, as noted in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

ASL19 works to build knowledge and awareness of the use of anti-censorship and privacy enhancing tools from trusted and reputable sources. They provide user training and assistance, as well as research on censorship. ASL19 works with TOR and Psiphon. We provide ASL 19 with access to Psiphon3 services and share performance and usage metrics in order to increase the security of our systems and products, and to improve the end-user experience.

Please visit ASL 19 and support their activities.

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