**Are you using Geneva? If so, let us know! Shoot us an email at [email protected], or to use PGP, email us directly with our keys [on our website](https://geneva.cs.umd.edu/people/).**
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Geneva is an artificial intelligence tool that defeats censorship by exploiting bugs in censors, such as those in China, India, and Kazakhstan. Unlike many other anti-censorship solutions which require assistance from outside the censoring regime (Tor, VPNs, etc.), Geneva runs strictly on one side of the connection (either the client or server side).
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Geneva is an artificial intelligence tool designedbyresearchersattheUniversityofMarylandthat defeats censorship by exploiting bugs in censors, such as those in China, India, and Kazakhstan. Unlike many other anti-censorship solutions which require assistance from outside the censoring regime (Tor, VPNs, etc.), Geneva runs strictly on one side of the connection (either the client or server side).Genevashouldbeconsideredaresearchprojectforresearchers,anditisnotbuiltwithagraphicaluserinterface.
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Under the hood, Geneva uses a genetic algorithm to evolve censorship evasion strategies and has found several previously unknown bugs in censors. Geneva's strategies manipulate the network stream to confuse the censor without impacting the client/server communication. This makes Geneva effective against many types of in-network censorship (though it cannot be used against IP-blocking censorship).