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Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/b4emLwWWOEE/alphabets-intra-app-encrypts-dns-queries-to-help-users-bypass-online-censorship
Alphabet's Intra App Encrypts DNS Queries To Help Users Bypass Online Censorship
Catalin Cimpanu, writing for ZDNet: Jigsaw, a technology incubator created by Google and operated as a subsidiary under the Alphabet brand, has released today an Android app named Intra that can encrypt DNS queries as a protection against DNS manipulation at the ISP (internet service provider) level. DNS manipulation is one of the most common forms of online censorship used by oppressive regimes or unscrupulous ISPs, used to block access to news sites, information portals, social media platforms, undesirable software, and more. Intra protects against DNS manipulation by keeping DNS traffic hidden from third-parties with state-level surveillance capabilities, such as internet service providers in countries with autocratic regimes. Reports suggest that Alphabet tested the app with a few dozen political activists in Venezuela before the global roll-out.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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