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Meet Shadowsocks, the underground tool that China’s coders use to blast through the Great Firewall

Meet Shadowsocks, the underground tool that China’s coders use to blast through the Great Firewall

This summer Chinese authorities deepened a crackdown on virtual private networks (VPNs)—tools that help internet users inside the mainland access the open, uncensored web. While not a blanket ban, the new restrictions are shifting the services out of their legal grey area and further toward a black one. In July alone, one popular made-in-China VPN…