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Life & fun · July 24, 2014

Streisand – Silence censorship, automate the effect

Streisand sets up a new server running your choice of WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with fri

Streisand – Silence censorship, automate the effect launched on July 24, 2014 with 234 votes, #37 of 2,263 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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In plain words

Streisand automates the setup of privacy and censorship-circumvention servers on cloud infrastructure. Users select from eight different protocols including WireGuard, OpenVPN, Tor bridges, and others. The tool configures the chosen service and generates an HTML instruction file with connection details that can be shared with others. It is designed for individuals seeking to bypass censorship or enhance online privacy, particularly activists and people in restricted networks.

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From the sources

Streisand sets up a new server running your choice of WireGuard, OpenConnect, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Shadowsocks, sslh, Stunnel, or a Tor bridge. It also generates custom instructions for all of these services. At the end of the run you are given an HTML file with instructions that can be shared with friends, family members, and fellow activists. - StreisandEffect/streisand

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