Leaked Documents Show the Success of China’s VPN Crackdown https://t.co/Sav83R6Hwl #ciekawe [z profilu twitterowego]
ChinaFileLeaked Documents Show the Success of China’s VPN CrackdownAs long as Beijing has been censoring content online, people in China have been finding ways around that censorship. Such “wall-jumpers” used to have a relatively easy time getting their hands on the necessary digital tools. Often, this was in the form of a VPN, or virtual private network, which disguises a user’s ultimate online destination to any censor who might be snooping in. In recent years, however, Beijing has cracked down on VPNs, making them less readily accessible to average internet users. At the same time, it’s become harder for outside observers to estimate the number of wall-jumpers in the country. This leaves us largely in the dark if we want to understand how many people in China are accessing information outside of Beijing’s censorship bubble. Should we assume that half the country is getting contraband content, or that almost no one is? Understanding VPN usage in China can tell us a lot about the efficacy of the online censorship system.