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Access Google search in China via Amazon S3

20 points by panarky 12y ago

dsl 12y ago
http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=s3-ap-southeast-1.ama... Awesome. You got all of S3 blocked.
- bx_ 12y ago
  I'm in China and noticed this! Tried to download a PDF from S3 and it took at least 5 tries before I could get it.
yzzxy 12y ago
Why would one not set up a tunnel? Honest question.
- 2510c39011c5 12y ago
  They are are studying techniques that could identify encrypted traffic…Such as in, www.atlantis-press.com/php/paper-details.php?id=9963 and security.riit.tsinghua.edu.cn/share/classify_encrypted.pdf they would simply block or disrupt anything that is encrypted, but perhaps would allow pass to those who agree to cooperate with the censorship (by using a white list)...
greatfire 12y ago
Not true. S3 is not blocked in China. Yet. That Blocked in China site is crap but I know we are biased. https://en.greatfire.org/s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com https://en.greatfire.org/s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com
UnclePeepingSam 12y ago
Why not promote DuckDuckGo / Tor and something like that to void the censorship and the surveillance from both of the governments? Why so addicted to Google search, I am wondering, especially for those with sufficient technical skills...
- greatfire 12y ago
  It's not a "let's promote Google" thing. It's a "let's show the authorities that they cannot block every site" thing. For most people, Tor does not work in China.
  - UnclePeepingSam 12y ago
    It is also important to deface the authorities and their partners' illegal, human rights-violated surveillance. Since Google yields to NSA (more or less), it is much better to replace it with so far innocent one... Let's show the coerced IT company that they should not assist the authorities with wrongdoing.
    - greatfire 12y ago
      I could replace it with DuckDuckGo except it's not blocked. Maybe I should replace it with Facebook or Twitter, yeah?
      - UnclePeepingSam 12y ago
        Thanks for your effort. It seems like duckduckgo is blocked according to the test: http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=duckduckgo.com http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=duckduckgo.com But if it is indeed accessible then do not bother accessing google search. Blocked by the authority is annoying but under the surveillance of the authority is also sick. Do not lead the Chinese netizen into another villain's hand, thx!

20 points by panarky 12y ago

dsl 12y ago

http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=s3-ap-southeast-1.ama... Awesome. You got all of S3 blocked.

bx_ 12y ago
I'm in China and noticed this! Tried to download a PDF from S3 and it took at least 5 tries before I could get it.

yzzxy 12y ago

Why would one not set up a tunnel? Honest question.

2510c39011c5 12y ago
They are are studying techniques that could identify encrypted traffic…Such as in, www.atlantis-press.com/php/paper-details.php?id=9963 and security.riit.tsinghua.edu.cn/share/classify_encrypted.pdf they would simply block or disrupt anything that is encrypted, but perhaps would allow pass to those who agree to cooperate with the censorship (by using a white list)...

greatfire 12y ago

Not true. S3 is not blocked in China. Yet. That Blocked in China site is crap but I know we are biased. https://en.greatfire.org/s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com https://en.greatfire.org/s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com

UnclePeepingSam 12y ago

Why not promote DuckDuckGo / Tor and something like that to void the censorship and the surveillance from both of the governments? Why so addicted to Google search, I am wondering, especially for those with sufficient technical skills...

greatfire 12y ago
It's not a "let's promote Google" thing. It's a "let's show the authorities that they cannot block every site" thing. For most people, Tor does not work in China.
- UnclePeepingSam 12y ago
  It is also important to deface the authorities and their partners' illegal, human rights-violated surveillance. Since Google yields to NSA (more or less), it is much better to replace it with so far innocent one... Let's show the coerced IT company that they should not assist the authorities with wrongdoing.
  - greatfire 12y ago
    I could replace it with DuckDuckGo except it's not blocked. Maybe I should replace it with Facebook or Twitter, yeah?
    - UnclePeepingSam 12y ago
      Thanks for your effort. It seems like duckduckgo is blocked according to the test: http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=duckduckgo.com http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=duckduckgo.com But if it is indeed accessible then do not bother accessing google search. Blocked by the authority is annoying but under the surveillance of the authority is also sick. Do not lead the Chinese netizen into another villain's hand, thx!