• Aug 10, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

China expands Great Firewall to block HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI

The Great Firewall of China is getting longer. Chinese censors upgraded the GFW to be able to block HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI. We know about this news thanks to a joint report by three long-time observers of the Chinese censorship machine: iYouPort, the Great Firewall Report, and the University of Maryland. … Continue reading “China expands Great Firewall to block HTTPS traffic that uses TLS 1.3 and ESNI”

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  • Apr 3, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

China’s “New IP” proposal to replace TCP/IP has a built in “shut up command” for censorship

The Chinese government and the Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei under its control are proposing a “New IP” addressing system for the internet to replace TCP/IP. The New IP system includes top-down checks and balances and such features as a “shut up command” that would allow a central controller to stop packets from being … Continue reading “China’s “New IP” proposal to replace TCP/IP has a built in “shut up command” for censorship”

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  • Aug 3, 2018
  • Miles McCain
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Google is expanding back into China. What does that mean for freedom of information?

Google will expand into China and launch a new search engine compliant with the Chinese government’s strict censorship rules, according to a recent report by The Intercept’s Ryan Gallagher. Versions of the app have been called “Maotai” and “Longfei,” and could launch in as soon as six months — once the Chinese government approves the … Continue reading “Google is expanding back into China. What does that mean for freedom of information?”

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  • Jul 19, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

In China, the government can censor the pics and memes you send to your friends via IM

Chinese censorship has hit new dystopian levels. Internet censors in China are now able to delete an image sent from Party A to Party B, before the image makes it to Party B. While China has long had the power to scrub text and remove public posts, the ability to censor images in one-on-one WeChat … Continue reading “In China, the government can censor the pics and memes you send to your friends via IM”

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