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Re:Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging by BlueTemplar on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @10:42PM (#22188659)
Quic seems to be the UDP equivalent to TCPcrypt? Both of which should be used by default on the Internet? But why should in your examples "the authorities" care or not whether you are using a browser over HTTP(S) or any other kind of software/protocol? If any communication channel is available, it's possible to send any kind of VPN traffic through it. Bits are bits. Especially when encrypted, so the censor has no idea as to what is inside...
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Re:Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging by dependenttypes on Friday January 31, 2020 @12:25PM (#22203491)
> But why should in your examples "the authorities" care or not whether you are using a browser over HTTP(S) or any other kind of software/protocol?

You are going to be more suspicious if you are using $protocol-specific-for-encrypted-chat than if you are just browing the web.

> Bits are bits

I agree, but this does not stop my ISP from throttling my SSH speed.

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Re:Dino: An open-source application for XMPP messaging by BlueTemplar on Thursday January 30, 2020 @07:42AM (#22190914)
Also, IPSec.
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