I have some friends travelling to China, and they would like to get email, use Skype, and browse the web without the fear of the government looking over their shoulder.
My first thought is to set up an encrypted proxy for them to use for internet browsing and Skype. Perhaps they could also use PGP for sending email.
They have looked at two companies for doing this: MailVault (for encrypted email) and MetroPipe (for secure proxy). Does anyone know more information about these companies?
Also, how can they be sure they are using the encrypted proxy, so they don't accidentally browse with out it? What else should they be thinking about?