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0 pointsJoel_Mckay1y ago0 comments

They are going to have to ban around 3000 proxies as well to make any impact on users. =3

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"Any" impact on users?

It sounds like you're working with a model in which most users are conscious that they're very offended or inconvenienced by censorship, and want to research technical means of circumventing it. I wish that were true, but I doubt it's nearly as common as your intuition suggests.

Joel_MckayOP1y ago

Motives are complicated at times, but traditionally despotic movements are always hostile toward sources of truth that contradict official narratives.

However, one could be correct in that people may prefer to be ignorant. As YC karma is often negatively impacted by facts. QED =3

kelnos1y ago

3000 proxies seems like no big deal for the government to ban.

"Any" impact is weird phrasing, though. Only a very small percentage of people will be savvy enough to attempt to circumvent these bans.

Joel_MckayOP1y ago

Except the lists often change every minute, and some types of proxies are just a compromised script/page sitting on commercial, private, and government servers.

> Only a very small percentage of people will be savvy enough to attempt to circumvent these bans.

There are several one-button vpn/proxy+tor apps for unrooted phones already, and they are dodgy on a good day. =3

stackghost1y ago

Why do you keep signing your comments with '=3'?

Joel_MckayOP1y ago

Don't worry about it friend =3

rty321y ago

That's rookie number for China's firewall.

Chinese government couldn't have cared less about that "impact" -- even if only less than 1% of Wikipedia content mentions Chinese government at all, they are going to block the Wikipedia website.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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schoen1y ago

"Any" impact on users?

Joel_MckayOP1y ago

Motives are complicated at times, but traditionally despotic movements are always hostile toward sources of truth that contradict official narratives.

However, one could be correct in that people may prefer to be ignorant. As YC karma is often negatively impacted by facts. QED =3

kelnos1y ago

3000 proxies seems like no big deal for the government to ban.

"Any" impact is weird phrasing, though. Only a very small percentage of people will be savvy enough to attempt to circumvent these bans.

Joel_MckayOP1y ago

Except the lists often change every minute, and some types of proxies are just a compromised script/page sitting on commercial, private, and government servers.

> Only a very small percentage of people will be savvy enough to attempt to circumvent these bans.

There are several one-button vpn/proxy+tor apps for unrooted phones already, and they are dodgy on a good day. =3

stackghost1y ago

Why do you keep signing your comments with '=3'?

Joel_MckayOP1y ago

Don't worry about it friend =3

rty321y ago

That's rookie number for China's firewall.

Chinese government couldn't have cared less about that "impact" -- even if only less than 1% of Wikipedia content mentions Chinese government at all, they are going to block the Wikipedia website.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse