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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: Aloone_Jonez on 19 November 2008, 00:20

Title: Great Firewall Firefox extension
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 19 November 2008, 00:20

Ever wondered what it would be like to surf the Internet under the tight censorship and surveillance of the Chinese government?

Well now you can with this brilliant Firefox extension which diverts your Internet connection through Chinese proxies.

http://shanghaiist.com/2008/10/28/download_the_ultimate_great_firewal.php (http://shanghaiist.com/2008/10/28/download_the_ultimate_great_firewal.php)

Title: Re: Great Firewall Firefox extension
Post by: worker201 on 19 November 2008, 05:13

I was going to post about this yesterday, but it doesn't work for me.  It gives me an error message: "No Proxies have been added to this anonymous configuration."  So I think my ISP (Verizon Wireless) is getting in the way.

The extension can be installed directly from Mozilla - just go to the Firefox extensions page and search for it.  Note that you have to be a registered user, because the extension is considered experimental.

Title: Re: Great Firewall Firefox extension
Post by: Lead Head on 19 November 2008, 20:51

Not working here either, nothing shows up under select