XPost: alt.anonymous, alt.privacy.anon-server   
   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Fri, 6 Dec 2024, Anonymous wrote:   
      
   > Recent reports from Tor users in Russia indicate an escalation in online   
   censorship with the goal of blocking access to Tor and other circumvention   
   tools. This new wave includes attempts to block Tor bridges and pluggable   
   transports developed by the    
   Tor Project, removal of circumvention apps from stores, and targeting popular   
   hosting providers, shrinking the space for bypassing censorship. Despite these   
   ongoing actions, Tor remains effective.   
   >   
   > One alarming trend is the targeted blocking of popular hosting providers by   
   Roscomnadzor. As many circumvention tools are using them, this action made   
   some Tor bridges inaccessible to many users in Russia. As Roscomnadzor and   
   internet service providers    
   in Russia are increasing their blocking efforts, the need for more WebTunnel   
   bridges has become urgent   
   >   
      
   A question about that. How much of a challenge would you say banning of   
   all encryption would be for projects like tor and i2p?   
      
   I always thought that if I would be an evil dictator, with little care   
   about anything else besides my grip on power, I would by default ban all   
   encryption and configure my great firewall to close any connections that   
   are encrypted, except for specially white listed sites such as banks,   
   government departments etc.   
      
   How would you get around that? Some kind of steganography? And if that is   
   possible, how much of a drag on performance would that steganography be?   
      
   The thought just came to mind that thanks to letsencrypt a lot of sites no   
   longer offer access without encryption, and therefore the set of all   
   accessible non-encrypted sites would be quite small.   
      
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