Switzerland (named after
the European country of the same name) is an
open-source network monitoring
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utility developed and released by the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
Its goal is to monitor network traffic between two systems running the program to see if the user's
Internet service provider
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is violating
network neutrality
Network neutrality, often referred to as net neutrality, is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent rates irrespective of co ...
, like
Comcast did in 2007 with the
BitTorrent protocol.
Switzerland was featured in the Technology section of an issue of ''
New Scientist
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'' in August 2008.
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See also
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HTTPS Everywhere
HTTPS Everywhere is a free and open-source browser extension for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi and Firefox for Android, which is developed collaboratively by The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier F ...
– also made by the EFF
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Privacy Badger
Privacy Badger is a free and open-source browser extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Firefox for Android created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Its purpose is to promote a balanced approach to internet p ...
– also made by the EFF
References
External links
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Beta software
Free network-related software
Net neutrality
Electronic Frontier Foundation