If your employees, applications, communications, or data can be easily identified on a network, they can be blocked, throttled, monitored, or targeted. That's the reality of operating in many parts of the world today, where governments, network operators, and other actors increasingly deploy sophisticated systems designed to identify and disrupt specific applications, protocols, and services. Traditional VPNs often fail in these environments because they are not designed to hide their connectivity. Once identified, they become easy targets.

Effective Anti-Censorship is a Partnership Between Technology and People

Internet freedom doesn’t happen through technology alone. It doesn’t happen through goodwill alone. What actually works is the combination of both: continuous technical innovation, and the engagement and participation of the ordinary people for whom it matters most — the people in the censored country, and those in the diaspora. Psiphon learned that lesson during one of the most severe internet shutdowns the world has ever witnessed: the one we just went through in Iran, in early 2026.