Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hub in the US

Re:Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hu... by abhishek0318 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @02:16PM (#15394650)

"Sci-Hub itself doesn’t seem to be too bothered by the blocking prospect or the millions in damages it faces. The site has a Tor version which can’t be blocked by Internet providers, so determined scientists will still be able to access the site if they want."

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Re:Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hu... by olympus on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:08PM (#15395125)

Or you can purchase a VPN subscription that lets you connect through different countries. I have one that lets me connect through dozens of countries and it's faster than the Tor network. It isn't iron clad security, but it gets around any geo-based IP blocking, and would work in this case as well.

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Re:Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hu... by woodandsteel on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @07:18PM (#15397043)

So if the ISP's act on this recommendation, it will lead to many more people downloading and using Tor.

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Re:Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hu... by snakeanus on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:06PM (#15395112)

In fact, I think that the tor version is the main one and that the clearnet version is just a mirror.

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