On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 1:55 PM Bradley Huffaker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Censorship does not need to be complete to be highly effective. Almost > all regulation, drugs/speeding/etc, is designed to increase the cost to > the point were “most” individuals are discouraged. While VPNs can be used > to bypass China’s Great Firewall the added friction is enough to keep most > happily engaged with easer distractions. > > I'm glad someone noted this... I'd also say that it seems to me that the restrictions are a LOT like 'seatbelt laws' in the US, where most states enforce as a secondary action: "Oh you were speeding AND you aren't wearing a seat belt, bonus fine" (note: I'm a seatbelt user, just using this as an example) and that the censorship COULD be used as a further action for repressing folk: "Oh, you came to our attention for <free speech|having a sign|walking around at night aimless| selling a single cigarette>, oh and you're using a VPN to get around #dearleader'srestrictions?? max fine" > > https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/china%E2%80%99s-great-firewall-built-friction-based-censorship-says-margaret-roberts > > On Apr 29, 2021, at 9:31 AM, Sabri Berisha <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- On Apr 28, 2021, at 11:32 AM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > There's plenty of non technical teenagers in Pakistan with VPN clients on > their phone or laptop who seem perfectly capable of using a VPN to watch > Youtube or access Twitter and other social media, during the periods of > time that the government orders things to be blocked. > > Even my third-grader was able to figure out that she needed a VPN when I > blocked Roblox's IP space (128.116.0.0/17) on my home router. > > Other than, as reports said, soldiers snipping cables in datacenters, > regimes will have a difficult time completely blocking whatever they don't > like. Even China can't do it. > > Thanks, > > Sabri > > >
