Developers can now build censorship-resistant apps with Google’s new tool

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App developers can now build censorship-resistant services and evade the grip of authoritarian governments thanks to Google's new tool. The team at Jigsaw, a Google unit working on promoting internet freedoms worldwide, has just released a new software developer kit (SDK) so that its VPN service can be integrated directly into web apps. The tool comes as a direct response to Iran's harsh internet crackdown during a long year of protests. Now, days from the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, the apps' creators have developed a means to outsmart the Islamic Republic and allow citizens to keep accessing the...