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The Chinese government can do this for systems sold within China. They don't have the authority to do it for computers globally. If I'm understanding other com
by eric-hu 7y ago
The Chinese government can do this for systems sold within China. They don't have the authority to do it for computers globally.
If I'm understanding other comments correctly, browser vendors installing HTTPSEverywhere cuts down the potential for this Great Cannon attack from 7.7 billion users to 1.4 billion. An 80% reduction seems significant.
- giggles_giggles 7y agoI was under the impression that the other commenters were referring to HTTPS as a solution for those in China to protect themselves from their own government. Perhaps I was wrong.
- mlyle 7y agoNo. It's to protect users outside China visiting Chinese sites from being coopted to participate in DDoS.