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> It's nonetheless a chilling sign that they're restricting VPN access, which is consistent with the overall tightening of internet control that's been going on
by gutnor 10y ago
> It's nonetheless a chilling sign that they're restricting VPN access, which is consistent with the overall tightening of internet control that's been going on for quite a while.
It is also consistent with the worldwide tightening of internet. Trump and May are much more likely to applaud the latest Chinese effort than criticise.
Chinese internet management is the model that will lead the West. Quite a reversal, quite depressing too.
- NTripleOne 10y ago"tightening" to us, perhaps. Loosening to them...
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoGood thing the Internet is under decentralised international control, then! …oh, right.
- pasbesoin 10y agoYears ago, I was saying that China's Great Firewall was the prototype. Meaning, on an international scale, involving international participation including especially the companies then selling them the equipment and services. Nothing I've seen has changed this basic perception. P.S. Although, now, an increasing amount of the expertise and technology are internal.