On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 1:55 PM Bradley Huffaker wrote:
>
> Censorship does not need to be complete to be highly effective. Almost
> all regulation, drugs/speeding/etc, is designed to increase the cost to
> the point were “most” individuals are discouraged. While VPNs can be used
> to bypass
Censorship does not need to be complete to be highly effective. Almost all
regulation, drugs/speeding/etc, is designed to increase the cost to the point
were “most” individuals are discouraged. While VPNs can be used to bypass
China’s Great Firewall the added friction is enough to keep most
- On Apr 28, 2021, at 11:32 AM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
Hi,
> There's plenty of non technical teenagers in Pakistan with VPN clients on
> their
> phone or laptop who seem perfectly capable of using a VPN to watch Youtube or
> access Twitter and other social media, during the periods of time
None of them are a good option. In the specific case of Pakistan, the
periodic shutdowns and blockages have been 'moderate' enough, if that's an
appropriate word to use, that *most* of the time, Telenor's customers have
ordinary Internet service. Over the long run it is probably a benefit that
its
(I'm sure i'll regret this, but...)
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 1:48 PM Eric Kuhnke wrote:
> It should be noted that Telenor has been one of the nationwide license
> holders for 3GPP cellular bands in Pakistan for a long time, and has
> encountered the same issues with regional network shutdowns,
It should be noted that Telenor has been one of the nationwide license
holders for 3GPP cellular bands in Pakistan for a long time, and has
encountered the same issues with regional network shutdowns, and government
orders to block certain netblocks or services.
Not to the same extent as what's
scott writes:
> Telenor and Ooredoo, it's time to do the right thing.
Wrt Telenor, please see the info posted at
https://www.telenor.com/sustainability/responsible-business/human-rights/mitigate/human-rights-in-myanmar/directives-from-authorities-in-myanmar-february-2021/
Bjørn
On 4/26/2021 5:30 PM, George Metz wrote:
First you say "not at all" and then you say "stop complying". If your
employees stop complying
with the orders coming from the angry men with guns held to said
employees' heads, someone's
going to get shot - and it's going to be the telecom
First you say "not at all" and then you say "stop complying". If your
employees stop complying with the orders coming from the angry men
with guns held to said employees' heads, someone's going to get shot -
and it's going to be the telecom employees. That's significantly more
than a financial
On 4/26/2021 11:27 AM, Mel Beckman wrote:
Scott, are you saying that employees of Telenor and Ooredoo are “facilitating
violent repression” by following the orders of soldiers holding guns to their
heads?
-
No. Not at
Scott, are you saying that employees of Telenor and Ooredoo are “facilitating
violent repression” by following the orders of soldiers holding guns to their
heads?
My understanding of the rules of nano guess that there is to be no “naming and
shaming“. please retract your post.
-mel beckman
>
On 4/26/2021 10:53 AM, Andy Ringsmuth wrote:
On Apr 26, 2021, at 3:23 PM, scott wrote:
Telenor and Ooredoo, it's time to do the right thing.
Well, for strongly held religious beliefs, some may be convicted enough to be a
martyr.
For internet connectivity? Likely not.
> On Apr 26, 2021, at 3:23 PM, scott wrote:
>
> Telenor and Ooredoo, it's time to do the right thing.
Well, for strongly held religious beliefs, some may be convicted enough to be a
martyr.
For internet connectivity? Likely not.
Andy Ringsmuth
5609 Harding Drive
Lincoln, NE 68521-5831
These network operators are having to deal with really bad days! "At
gunpoint, they ordered technicians at telecom operators to switch off
the internet." A whole other level of 'bad day' than we have to deal with!
"The method of choice is to decouple website addresses from the series
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