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This is quite unfortunate. In countries where whether the people have access to internet or not is under the control of the government, this was a neat work aro

This is quite unfortunate. In countries where whether the people have access to internet or not is under the control of the government, this was a neat work around to get voices heard. In the recent history, an 'internet lockdown' has been the MO of many (oppressive) governments, including India. edit: removed a comment on about 2-FA as it takes away from the intended point.

pjc50 6y ago
I don't think there are any countries with government controlled internet that don't also have government controlled mobile networks, and SMS is sent in the clear?
- saagarjha 6y ago
  They'd have to remember to shut down the SMS network.
  - mtnGoat 6y ago
    dont have to shut it down entirely, just block twitters shortcodes and numbers.
    - saagarjha 6y ago
      Which is work, especially if you're the kind of government that just shuts down the internet rather than blocking undesirable content.
joombaga 6y ago
This wasn't about 2FA via SMS. That still works.
- eigen-vector 6y ago
  I intended it to be a comment on how security is a reason why this was purportedly removed and that I understand, but I see that I muddled my statements there.
dontbenebby 6y ago
Unfortunately there's often no one in the decision making process with skin in the game WRT free expression when it comes to axing a feature. It frustrates me that often folks who express support for HK independence so fiercely can't even tell me who Modi is. Best wishes friend.
- searchableguy 6y ago
  I am confused. Why is modi relevant here?
  - dontbenebby 6y ago
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/world/asia/india-protests-modi-citizenship.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/world/asia/india-protests... >The protests began in December when the government passed a law that uses religion as a criterion for determining whether illegal migrants in India can be fast-tracked for citizenship. The measure favors members of all South Asia’s major religions except Islam, India’s second largest faith. Muslims worry that the law will be coupled with a citizenship test and used to strip them of their Indian nationality. They're very different situations, but the common thread is people feeling their rights are not being respected, and protesting that. It's pretty well discussed among those who actually care about free expression and/or censorship circumvention.

pjc50 6y ago

I don't think there are any countries with government controlled internet that don't also have government controlled mobile networks, and SMS is sent in the clear?

saagarjha 6y ago
They'd have to remember to shut down the SMS network.
- mtnGoat 6y ago
  dont have to shut it down entirely, just block twitters shortcodes and numbers.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    Which is work, especially if you're the kind of government that just shuts down the internet rather than blocking undesirable content.

joombaga 6y ago

This wasn't about 2FA via SMS. That still works.

eigen-vector 6y ago
I intended it to be a comment on how security is a reason why this was purportedly removed and that I understand, but I see that I muddled my statements there.

dontbenebby 6y ago

Unfortunately there's often no one in the decision making process with skin in the game WRT free expression when it comes to axing a feature. It frustrates me that often folks who express support for HK independence so fiercely can't even tell me who Modi is. Best wishes friend.

searchableguy 6y ago
I am confused. Why is modi relevant here?
- dontbenebby 6y ago
  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/world/asia/india-protests-modi-citizenship.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/04/world/asia/india-protests... >The protests began in December when the government passed a law that uses religion as a criterion for determining whether illegal migrants in India can be fast-tracked for citizenship. The measure favors members of all South Asia’s major religions except Islam, India’s second largest faith. Muslims worry that the law will be coupled with a citizenship test and used to strip them of their Indian nationality. They're very different situations, but the common thread is people feeling their rights are not being respected, and protesting that. It's pretty well discussed among those who actually care about free expression and/or censorship circumvention.