Thai government to MITM all internet communications

Re:Thai government to MITM all internet communications by technomancy on Monday May 30, 2016 @10:13PM (#11804194)

I live in Thailand; I'm extremely skeptical that it's going to happen. The most likely explanation is that a few powerful generals feel like this must happen and proudly announce their plans, and technical teams responsible for actually doing it feel too intimidated to explain to the generals why it's impossible, so they just agree to it hoping that the dictatorship will be out of power before the implementation could happen.

As someone from /r/Thailand put it, "I'm hoping incompetence and indifference would save the day once again, as it has many times in the past." They can't withdraw it now without losing face, but they can let it just wither and become forgotten over a few years.

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Re:Thai government to MITM all internet communications by geomark on Monday May 30, 2016 @11:21PM (#11804346)

I also live in Thailand and I hope you are correct. But the fact that they can now easily buy the equipment and consulting to do this sort of thing means they might very well try it. And like I said in another comment, they don't care if it breaks the internet because they and the people they are serving don't use it like everyone else. To them the internet is little more than a major annoyance because it allows dissidents to communicate and engage in speech they don't like.

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Re:Thai government to MITM all internet communications by joeguilmette on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:45AM (#11805272)

I also live in Thailand and think we should all get a beer.

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