tor_t...@arcor.de wrote: > Hi Tor Talkers, > > will that "lock" apply to the Tor browser, too? > > https://torrentfreak.com/rightscorp-plans-to-hijack-pirates-browsers-until-a-fine-is-paid-160402/ > The company says new technology will lock users' browsers and prevent > Internet access until they pay a fine. > > it sounds like a business model copied from these crypto trojan. > > http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Admins-aufgepasst-Krypto-Trojaner-befaellt-hunderte-Webserver-3116470.html > Der Erpressungs-Trojaner CTB-Locker hat es dieses Mal nicht auf > Windows-Nutzer, sondern auf Webserver abgesehen. Er hat bereits Dateien > hunderter Websites verschlüsselt, ein Ende ist derzeit nicht absehbar. > > sorry, only german. ctb locker encode not windows user but webserver until > you pay for a key release. >
No, unless the ISP blocks all communication except HTTP to their hijacking website. China has done worse and Tor works there anyway even though bridges are a little tricky. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
