This is a browser plugin that bypasses Internet censorship, like the Great Firewall in China. It does so in a way that can be faster than existing solutions (by connecting directly to CDN servers instead of using VPNs).
It's developed by researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Learn more in these articles: http://www.technologyreview.com/... (popular) and https://people.cs.umass.edu/~ami... (academic).
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