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Like, from inside China to the outside, but a bilateral solution would be fine with me, too.

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

VPNs as a technology might not be illegal but circumventing the firewall certainly is.

Unless you are very vocal and high profile person no one will black bag you in a country of billion people, lol.

This is a bit of a misunderstanding about how things work in an authoritarian system. Sure, you might fly under the radar for awhile, but if you call attention to yourself (say, by getting caught trying to bypass the government firewall) and you are not high-profile, then it is very low-effort to make you disappear. Few will notice, and those that do will stay silent out of fear.

If you are more high-profile you still get black-bagged, you just get released after, with your behavior suitably modified.

Naomi Wu no longer uploads to YouTube.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago

Ffs you do not get disappeared for using vpns especially personal ones. You can install vpns that circumvent firewalls as long as they are blessed by ccp and they are sold using wechat. For non compliant ones it's the same. It's you who misunderstands how authoritarian systems work, noone tries to nail you for doing something semi-illegal, you will be dissapeared for non-conforming not for exploiting system.

Tap for spoilerI work in the vpn industry and we had multiple consultations and tests done in china.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

The keyboard apps are backdoored.