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gubasx t1_iy2kofc wrote

Well.. even if we knew.. it would be really dumb to explain it here publicly so that the Chinese censorship machine would also be able to see it and use that info to stop it.

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bbqroast t1_iy3b6ae wrote

Plenty of Chinese netizens know how.

These types of things aren't secrets that the government doesn't know about, rather it's simply the case that the government doesn't have the resources to shut all the various backdoors down without limiting the internet so much it causes other issues.

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gubasx t1_iy3lfv6 wrote

it's pretty easy for them to limit any server within china "intranet" (call it local internet if you prefer) to not be able to establish any type of communications with any computer or server working from outside of that intranet. when we're talking about china we are talking about a lot more than a simple firewall.

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bbqroast t1_iy5rb2r wrote

I mean, yes, the great firewall is sophisticated. That example though is probably the most basic feature of the most trivial firewall possible, your home modem could probably do it.

More interesting examples would be some of the clever packet analysis they do on encrypted connections.

But again, even this isn't enough to prevent all undesired traffic, especially given that there's legitimate uses for VPNs, overseas file sharing sites, etc.

For instance, if they blocked external access to every server in China they'd be knee capping their entire economy, so they have to work out which ones. That's not easy or cheap to do accurately at scale.

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TImetalker OP t1_iy2ps1o wrote

Fair point i’ll have to do some googling then

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TImetalker OP t1_iy2psnh wrote

Fair point i’ll have to do some googling then

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No-Comparison8472 t1_iy3cm3y wrote

Reddit is banned in China anyway

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gubasx t1_iy3l2is wrote

this is not about Reddit.. this is about ways to circumvent the Chinese censorship, and if you believe the Chinese government doesn't scrutiny the Western social networks you are being naive.

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No-Comparison8472 t1_iy59khr wrote

I think it's you being naive for thinking China is looking on Reddit for ways to prevent its population from sharing media. I think they know exactly how it is shared and do not look to Reddit for information.

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Ricwil12 t1_iy2lt8o wrote

Or the great Chinese censorship is a Western creation.

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