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I would also be interested whether one takes notice of the oppressiveness of the Chinese government, e.g. the Great Firewall of China.
by hacker42 10y ago
I would also be interested whether one takes notice of the oppressiveness of the Chinese government, e.g. the Great Firewall of China.
- clw8 10y agoThis is big. VPNs are no longer a reliable way of getting to Gmail etc.
- United857 10y agoPretty much every expat uses a VPN. They get blocked but it's a cat and mouse game. If you work for a multinational Western company, corporate VPNs are pretty much solid. Other than that, nothing much day to day. It's not North Korea. Of course common sense applies (avoid overt political discussions).
- cloudjacker 10y agothe irony being that only Americans care about that
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoAmericans are much more oblivious than Europeans. Most of my foreign colleagues over the years have been from Europe, and would complain about it more than me. Other Asians (korean and Japanese) don't mention it much.
- DeadReckoning 10y ago4 years ago a VPN worked perfectly. When I visited recently multiple VPNs and VPN providers would become blocked as I started using them. Even though the traffic is encrypted they use a heuristic to identify VPN usage. If you're moving a ton of traffic (streaming, torrenting, etc) forget it.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoYou don't notice it day to day, but it beats you down over the long run.