* Yuri Khan <yuri.v.k...@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 Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/
