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I'm a European citizen, I've lived in China for a number of years behind the "Great Firewall" which is easily circumvented. The last thing I expected when I mo
by beilabs 16y ago
I'm a European citizen, I've lived in China for a number of years behind the "Great Firewall" which is easily circumvented.
The last thing I expected when I moved to Australia was to be behind the "Great Barrier Firewall".
Not sure if many reading this realize that there is an election coming up in the coming weeks, the current government probably does not want to give ammunition to the opposition about this whole sordid affair.
Stephen Conroys office has spent an obscene amount on why he thinks the Australian filter is a good thing. Any kind of back-down or debate on the issue would just go against the current regime.
My only hope is that if the party goes back into power after August that this firewall business will die a slow death.
- dublinclontarf 16y agoSorry you're mistaken, the Great Firewall of China USED to be easily circumvented, now the only method is with a paid VPN connection (or a very kind person to share their bandwidth). Even Tor's been taken down.
- c1sc0 16y agoVPN? That's still easy in my book. Probably easier than setting up Tor. When I Was in Shanghai in May, Tor still worked.
- beilabs 16y ago@DublinClontarf, yeah, I used to use TOR hosted on a private slice, but thats also insecure. I'd use a paid VPN to buy pass it these days. Btw, I used to live in Clontarf for quite a while..
- dublinclontarf 16y agoWas it East point business park that you worked?
- beilabs 16y agoYeah, for about a year...then moved over here to Oz. Catch me on twitter @beilabs
- dublinclontarf 16y agoYeah everyone who can is leaving, theres nothing happening there now(Ireland not Oz, stayed in Oz for a couple of months with my aunt, great place, love the poisonous animals). Will do.