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This is an even bigger joke if you know that residential areas of the 2 biggest Unis in Beijing have built-in VPNs allowing you to access google anyays :)
by Jommi 7y ago
This is an even bigger joke if you know that residential areas of the 2 biggest Unis in Beijing have built-in VPNs allowing you to access google anyays :)
- baybal2 7y agoI know of few Western universities in China giving out VPN on campus from under the table, but nothing like that in BJ. Can you elaborate?
- jameskegel 7y agoWhat are you doing?
- baybal2 7y agoWorking in an manufacturing/engineering consulting shop
- Jommi 7y agoGo to Beijing. Go to one of the two best universities. Go to the residential area. Connect to wifi. Go to google.com. This worked at least 6 months ago and a student active confirmed that its how it has always been.
- baybal2 7y agoTsinghua? They made some form of VPN just for foreign exchange students as I heard. Never heard of details though.
- yourapostasy 7y agoMy limited understanding of how this works from reading descriptions by others is any registered organizational entity can apply to the CCP for an organization-wide VPN for approved purposes. But the CCP maintains the right to MITM the VPN and snoop your traffic to their hearts' content. I don't see how they can inspect your traffic in the clear though, without coercing you to install their VPN software in order to use a VPN appliance they supply/approve to forcibly modify your browser to accept their certificates, so I'm confused on just how much they can snoop. So how do these "approved VPN's" really work?
- Jommi 7y agoYes this is how it works. Its not only VPN software, but also wifi that circumvents part of the wall.