Re: no to war in Ukraine

[Jean Louis]

* Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> [2022-02-28 15:13]:
> Our [Russian] government does that kind of thing. “This web site here
> has a page that contains banned information. Since TLS protects the
> exact URL from being seen by the Internet provider, we’re going to
> deny you access to the whole site. And if your provider cannot snoop
> SNI, then they can deny you access by IP address, thus including all
> other sites hosted on the same server.” Along the same lines: “KMnO4
> is useful as an antiseptic, but it also can be used to synthesize
> narcotics or explosives, so no, you cannot buy it from your local
> pharmacy.” Basically, prevention of activities that are declared
> unlawful is considered a higher priority than keeping lawful use
> possible, no matter the ratio of harm to usefulness.

Hmm, yes.

Though one can use proxies and VPN, right?

-- 
Jean

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