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"Sci-Hub itself doesn’t seem to be too bothered by the blocking prospect or the millions in damages it faces. The site has a Tor version which can’t be blocked
by abhishek0318 9y ago
"Sci-Hub itself doesn’t seem to be too bothered by the blocking prospect or the millions in damages it faces. The site has a Tor version which can’t be blocked by Internet providers, so determined scientists will still be able to access the site if they want."
- snakeanus 9y agoIn fact, I think that the tor version is the main one and that the clearnet version is just a mirror.
- olympus 9y agoOr you can purchase a VPN subscription that lets you connect through different countries. I have one that lets me connect through dozens of countries and it's faster than the Tor network. It isn't iron clad security, but it gets around any geo-based IP blocking, and would work in this case as well.
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- woodandsteel 9y agoSo if the ISP's act on this recommendation, it will lead to many more people downloading and using Tor.