[tor-talk] another video link. good stark examples of tor anonymity protecting people

stn stn at ncf.ca
Sat Oct 4 06:03:01 UTC 2014


[embarrassed]
even better.  avoiding youtube is a good idea anyway.

On Oct 3, 2014, at 11:03 PM, I wrote:

> It was here too with others.
> 
> https://media.torproject.org/video/
> 
> Robert
> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hZZNFQm1Vs
>> 
>> more social and political change data but with more examples than the
>> previous video mentioned regarding the very real dangers involved trying
>> to speak one's beliefs in an oppressive regime.  worse case death.
>> 
>> 
>> writeup
>> Published on Aug 30, 2013
>> 
>> Tor developers Roger Dingledine and Jacob Appelbaum talk about how
>> exactly governments are doing the blocking, both in terms of what
>> signatures they filter in Tor (and how Tor has gotten around the blocking
>> in each case), and what technologies they use to deploy the filters --
>> including the use of Western technology to operate the surveillance and
>> censorship infrastructure in Tunisia (Smartfilter), Syria (Bluecoat), and
>> other countries. They cover what they've learned about the mindset of the
>> censor operators (who in many cases don't want to block Tor because they
>> use it), and how we can measure and track the wide-scale censorship in
>> these countries. Last, they explain Tor's development plans to get ahead
>> of the address harvesting and handshake DPI arms races.
>> (Iran blocked Tor handshakes using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) in
>> January 2011 and September 2011. Bluecoat tested out a Tor handshake
>> filter in Syria in June 2011. China has been harvesting and blocking IP
>> addresses for both public Tor relays  and private Tor bridges for years.)
>> 
>> Category
>> 
>> News & Politics
>> 
>> 
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