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The headline's euphemism – "…Boosts Users Over…" – makes it sound like it could allow users to access content that China wants censored. But, there's no support
by gojomo 11y ago
The headline's euphemism – "…Boosts Users Over…" – makes it sound like it could allow users to access content that China wants censored. But, there's no support for that idea in the article, and I can't imagine Baidu could be involved in any sort of anti-censorship effort.
Instead, this appears to just help reduce the firewall's latency tax on non-censored content.
Given the way many of Cloudflare's SSL offerings work, it could presumably also (eventually) mean that outsiders will be able to reach Chinese customers with SSL – but only with a decrypted mid-point under Baidu's control inside China.
- hurin 11y agoThis, the lauding of the engineering and business efforts involved mentioned in other comments on this article pales in comparison to the continued oppression of human rights in China and government censored access to information. Let's stop praising technology that doesn't do anything positive for the world.
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- vorg 11y agoEven if China-based users could access content China wants censored, such as the linked NY Times article, there's still the issue of getting thru the paywall that NY Times and others puts up to keep users out.