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Why people keep using the system that censors stuff? Why not just completely switch to something else? Or it will become impossible to analyze then cos they won
by anovikov 7y ago
Why people keep using the system that censors stuff? Why not just completely switch to something else? Or it will become impossible to analyze then cos they won't look "Chinese" then, so maybe they actually in fact do it, just keep posting on WeChat something meaningless to please the Party?
- tpolzer 7y agoAnything else that gets too popular will be aggressively blocked unless they comply with the censorship/give out logs.
- namelosw 7y agoExcept they can't, things like Instagram and WhatsApp are blocked and taken down from the AppStore. If there's new they would also be taken down. Any forums or messing app alike must do ISP registration from the government, the cloud provider has to make sure they can take down any website or web service on demand. Those websites without ISP registration has quite a change being blocked, and cannot use a lot of 3rd party integration like WeChat pay, etc.
- anovikov 7y agoBut i mean, do anyone seriously try to use non-VPNned Internet in China? Without obfuscation? Of course only way to meaningfully use anything would be through an obfuscator. I asked people there (Europeans though, not Chinese) and they all say ToR with obfs4 works just fine.
- odiroot 7y agoTheir families usually use WeChat because it's the only messenger that works inside China.