By John P. Mello Jr.
10/21/14 5:00 AM PT
Following Edward Snowden's revelations about indiscriminate government snooping on U.S. citizens, many Net surfers would like to find a way to lower their visibility on the Internet. There are a number of tools in cyberspace that can help a soul do that, but they can take time and savvy to set up. That's why Kerry Cox launched the Sierra Project.
The project, which he hopes to fund through Kickstarter, aims to provide consumers with a way to anonymously wander the Net, as well as encrypt all their network traffic.
Designed to be a plug-and-play device, the Sierra unit sits between you and the Internet and obscures your identity. In its promotional material, the project explains that most cyberattacks are directed at where you access the Net, or your IP address. When you enter the Net through the Sierra device, your traffic is sent to the project's servers. That way only the Project Sierra server IP is visible to the world.
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