China Strangles Tor Ahead of National Day 297
TechReviewAl writes "Technology Review reports that the Chinese government has for the first time targeted the Tor anonymity network. In the run-up to China's National Day celebrations, the government started targeting the sites used to distribute Tor addresses and the number of users inside China dropped from tens of thousands to near zero. The move is part of a broader trend that involves governments launching censorship crackdowns around key dates. The good news is that many Tor users quickly found a way around the attack, distributing 'bridge' addresses via IM and Twitter."
I love this (Score:5, Funny)
It gives me hope to see how people can get around this sort of oppression, I am hoping that it stays that way, that we will always have the option of communicating with each other, that no corporation or government will strangle.
I truly hope it stays that way.
An open Internet is power to the people.
Joseph Javorski. Respected scientist. Now a fiend. (Score:3, Funny)
"TIME FOR GO TO BED!"
That Tor just cracks me up...
Re:Surprising (Score:5, Funny)
along with Gordon Brown's gay lover's telephone number.
Oh.. ha ha... Unrelated note: I need to go change my phone number right now.
I'm getting old (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Surprising (Score:1, Funny)
it would also cost £50 billion and take 3 years before it runs out of money and needs another £13 billion (the second lot of funding requirements always seems to be an "odd" number like 7, 13, 17). Then the results would, of course, get to the standard described in the parent post.
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