uProxy was an extension for Chrome and

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, which allowed users to access the

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via a web proxy. This project has been superseded by Outline VPN. The extension works by enabling a user to share their Internet connection with someone else. Google Ideas provided funding for the development which was carried out by the

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and Brave New Software — the same organization behind the anti-censorship tool

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. The extension is intended to allow users to get more secure access to the Internet without being monitored. It is free/libre software under

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2.0. The software has been discontinued, stating on their website " uProxy was an open source project led by the University of Washington and seeded by Jigsaw. Although the project is no longer supported, the code is still available on GitHub."

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* 2013 software Free Firefox legacy extensions Google Chrome extensions {{web-software-stub

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