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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by dane-pgp on Saturday October 10, 2020 @07:16PM (#24742615)
> the governments would go after whoever hosts the APK.

Have you thought about what that would mean in practice? Given that the APK could be hosted on multiple (TLS-enabled) foreign sites, a government would need a team of people to be constantly monitoring the web for sites containing the APK, who would then send orders to domestic ISPs demanding that they prevent their customers from accessing those foreign sites.

I believe it is also possible to share apps via Bluetooth.

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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by nobody9999 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @07:29PM (#24742688)
>Have you thought about what that would mean in practice? Given that the APK could be hosted on multiple (TLS-enabled) foreign sites, a government would need a team of people to be constantly monitoring the web for sites containing the APK, who would then send orders to domestic ISPs demanding that they prevent their customers from accessing those foreign sites.

You mean like the MAFIAA[0] has been doing for decades?

[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/MAFIAA

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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by dane-pgp on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:11PM (#24742885)
My understanding is that the legal and technical process for getting ISPs to block access to a foreign website is one that takes weeks or months. Also, even with this power, I'm not sure how effective the MAFIAA have been at stopping people from downloading copyrighted media:

https://www.mobiles24.co/downloads/s/96965-m1769-speak_softl...

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Re:Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in B... by nobody9999 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @10:45PM (#24743418)
I believe you're absolutely correct.

My point was that any similar attempt would likely be just as unsuccessful.

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