Freedom House Report: Circumvention Tools Effective, but No Silver Bullet for Remaining Safe Online

A new Freedom House report released today found that while the majority of circumvention tools used to evade government censorship online perform similarly well, the country in which they are used and the nature of the censorship dictate their effectiveness. No one tool provides a silver bullet for security as governments become more sophisticated in filtering content and monitoring user activity. Leaping Over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools utilized user survey data and technical testing to evaluate various available circumvention tools for both functionality and ease of use.

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