would using bridges prevent the ISP from knowing that a person is using tor?
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 1:04 AM, <and...@torproject.org> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 10:23:41PM +0100, pump...@cotse.net wrote 1.4K > bytes in 42 lines about: > : > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/30/pakistan-bans-encryption-software > > I talked to someone from the pakistani government about this encryption > ban early this spring. They were concerned that this law would be far > too broad and demolish whatever nascent e-commerce and online banking > markets that had started in the country. They were also concerned that > too many people in the government didn't understand the difference > between a VPN and HTTPS. > > This person talked to American counter-terrorism people and found that > actual terrorists were not using VPNs nor HTTPS at all. They stating > right out in the open, from their registered DSL lines, their plans, > where they lived, and what they were planning to do on various online > chat network and forums. > > While technically, yes this law does make anything that uses encryption > on the Internet in pakistan illegal, it was primarily aimed at the > various VPN providers run by known criminal organizations. Tor, HTTPS > Everywhere, and other tools are now illegal. Whether someone is actually > prosecuted for using such tools in country remains to be seen. > > -- > Andrew > pgp key: 0x74ED336B > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk >
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