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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by toomuchtodo on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:19PM (#42717168)
Can nation states ban email or bittorrent? Entities can be targeted, protocols less so. Where the algorithm is matters.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by Karrot_Kream on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:57PM (#42717694)
Nation states definitely can by using port targeting, traffic heuristics, and DPI. The US historically has not done this but several other states have. Even if protocols are preserved, I wouldn't want to be in a situation where I have to run a client on my local machine that consumes from the protocol. I want to be able to use a hosted client.

A user should be able to use another person's hosted Mastodon instance or Bluesky AppView/Relay.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by johnisgood on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:45PM (#42720434)
obfs4proxy, Shadowsocks, Snowflake, Xray?
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