Web site threatens any monitoring or restrictions of surfing

With normal internet use, data transmitted to and from web sites visited can be secretly intercepted and examined, allowing the sites you visit to identify your computer’s unique IP (Internet Protocol) address. With SafeWeb, which frames any site visitors wish to see within a window on its own site, all data sent and received is encrypted and all cookies and scripts are disabled, making interception futile and preventing sites collecting information on the user.

This month, the government of China tried to block access to the site to prevent access to unapproved sites. The government maintains a list of restricted sites, including CNN.com and BBC Online, blocked by filtering software called Internet Police 110 which is run by the country’s ISPs. SafeWeb has fought back with a program called Triangle Boy.

This peer-to-peer application prevents anyone - including corporations, governments and schools - from blocking access to SafeWeb. Volunteers can turn their PCs into "packet reflectors," or proxies, for SafeWeb by installing Triangle Boy. Since, SafeWeb reasons, the Chinese government is unlikely to block access to the volunteer PCs, they can act as encrypted gateways to the internet and allow Chinese citizens full access to an uncensored web.

The only information that monitoring parties will learn is that a surfer has accessed SafeWeb’s site. SafeWeb expects in one or two weeks to have a system in place to encrypt the URLs stored in users' browser cache files, presently a loophole in its security if users have not disabled their page caching.