Google’s Web Packaging standard arises as a new tool for privacy enthusiasts by Catalin Cimpanu.
From the post:
… Web Packaging allows website owners to create a cryptographically-signed version of the page, in one single file, which they can distribute to users via alternative channels, even without breaking HTTPS support.
Google says that website owners can share these signed versions of their pages via their normal web server, via cache systems, or even using peer devices, such as other users’ smartphones and computers.
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Web Packaging looks like an ideal solution in cases where nation-states or internet service providers might block access to a website.
Website owners can create signed packages of their sites’ pages, which can then be introduced inside a network of peers and shared among users without having to connect to the origin server that might have been blocked locally.
Further reading:
Dodging ISP blocks can be done as simply as zipping up files and posting the zip archive to a non-blocked ISP. What motivates the Web Packaging work is a desire for “signed” pages for offline use. The dodging of ISP blocks is a side effect of other requirements.
Even if unintentional, another mechanism for dodging ISP blocks merits your support and patronage. Presently supported only in Chrome.