CENO (short for “Censorship.No!”) is a next-generation Android browser that turns your phone into both a reader and a relay for the open web. By combining the GeckoView engine with the peer-to-peer Ouinet library, it fetches pages through fellow users instead of central servers, letting you reach blocked sites even when governments or ISPs pull the plug.
How it works
- Resilient mesh: every participant caches and seeds content over BitTorrent, so copies stay online without a single point of failure.
- Dual-mode privacy: “Public” maximises speed but logs requests on the torrent swarm; “Personal” fetches only through encrypted injectors, leaving no public trace [^58^].
- Offline friendly: once a page lives on your device, you can share it locally via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth—no data plan required.
Key perks
- Zero-cost, ad-free and open-source [^57^]
- Light on data: P2P routing cuts bandwidth use compared with repeated direct downloads
- Built-in tracker blocking plus optional bridges when injectors are censored
- Crash-reporting and metrics are opt-in; no personal data ever leaves the device without consent [^61^]
Who builds it
CENO is developed by eQualit.ie, the Canadian not-for-profit behind Deflect and dComms. Their mission is to embed human-rights-grade tech in everyday tools [^56^].
Ready to join the swarm? Grab CENO from Google Play or F-Droid, flip the mode that suits you, and help keep the web alive for everyone—even when the lights go out.
