Opera Turbo and Internet Filtering
Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 11:22:03
Opera just keeps on adding all sorts of useful features to their browser. The latest feature is Opera Turbo.
The idea is that Opera runs a bunch of proxy servers that compress the web pages you're surfing. The result is faster surfing, and less traffic. I will especially welcome this when using my relatively expensive wireless broadband connection on my laptop. The slower speed and cost per megabyte will both be relieved a bit by Opera Turbo.
Economics isn't the only reason, though. Here in Australia, our nanny government is trialling Internet filtering. Innocent citizens must be protected from the dark side of the Internet! Whether they want that protection or not. Whether they want their content blocked or not. Whether they want their Internet connection slowed down or not.
It would be very interesting to see if Opera Turbo's proxy technology could bypass the filtering? By appearing to route all your traffic through innocuous proxy servers in Sweden, I imagine it would work quite well. It's a shame my ISP isn't one of the six selected for the pilot.
The idea is that Opera runs a bunch of proxy servers that compress the web pages you're surfing. The result is faster surfing, and less traffic. I will especially welcome this when using my relatively expensive wireless broadband connection on my laptop. The slower speed and cost per megabyte will both be relieved a bit by Opera Turbo.
Economics isn't the only reason, though. Here in Australia, our nanny government is trialling Internet filtering. Innocent citizens must be protected from the dark side of the Internet! Whether they want that protection or not. Whether they want their content blocked or not. Whether they want their Internet connection slowed down or not.
It would be very interesting to see if Opera Turbo's proxy technology could bypass the filtering? By appearing to route all your traffic through innocuous proxy servers in Sweden, I imagine it would work quite well. It's a shame my ISP isn't one of the six selected for the pilot.
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