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... to offer public repo access in US-sanctioned countries like Iran, Syria, and Cuba. You should also add North Korea to that list. Three years ago I spent a
by jackpirate 7y ago
... to offer public repo access in US-sanctioned countries like Iran, Syria, and Cuba.
You should also add North Korea to that list. Three years ago I spent a semester in Pyongyang teaching a course on open source software development, and as part of the course students created git repos and contributed to other repos that are hosted on github.
So that you're not put in an awkward position, though, I won't tell you which repos these are :)
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- dathinab 7y agoI wonder do they use VPN to obfuscate where they come from?
- dsl 7y agoAll North Korean internet traffic originates from 175.45.176.0/22. They have no reason to hide (except for the massive amount of cyber crime they originate, where VPNs are used)
- tlrobinson 7y ago> They have no reason to hide (except for the massive amount of cyber crime they originate, where VPNs are used) And, well, trade sanctions, which is why the parent comment wondered if they used VPNs.
- dsl 7y agoI used to use an Iranian based VPN. Sanctions are almost always implemented by billing address, not by IP address. Geolocation services are crap when you start getting in to third world countries.
- mirimir 7y agoBilling addresses are easy to fake.
- mike_d 7y agoOk? I'm sure most e-commerce websites would scoff at the idea of having shoppers mail in a notarized copy of their passport before they can make a purchase.
- vinay427 7y agoA passport generally doesn't even indicate where someone lives or has lived.
- vinay427 7y agoFor most businesses forced to comply, that seems like a feature, not a bug.
- jackpirate 7y agoWhile I was in North Korea, I basically never used a VPN and rarely had problems with any services. A handful of news sites were blocked (ironically the sites did the blocking and provided a message about sanctions; the North Korean government didn't block anything), and so I needed a VPN for those.