[tor-bugs] #25137 [Obfuscation/Censorship analysis]: Tor blocked in UAE

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#25137: Tor blocked in UAE
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 Reporter:  mwolfe                           |          Owner:  dcf
     Type:  task                             |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                           |      Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                           |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  censorship block ae              |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 I go by empirical evidence. Official announcements are intended to look
 good. They started blocking Skype, and that may have blocked Tor. I have
 no idea how they are blocking Skype now. Before, they blocked access to
 skype.com, so no one here could download the program without Tor or a VPN.
 Those who could go somewhere that skype.com was not blocked could bring
 back a copy that worked. Now skype.com is not blocked, so anyone can
 download Skype, but it doesn't work.

 Tor was working fine on 31 Dec and needed a bridge on 1 Jan, so one
 deduces that they started blocking it, with or without an announcement.
 It's also hard to know what they would have called the rule. It must not
 be named 'Tor', but some other name. I have no idea what they might call
 it, and I couldn't find it, either.

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