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Re: [tor-bugs] #10239 [BridgeDB]: Payment for bridges (and effects this would have)
#10239: Payment for bridges (and effects this would have)
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Reporter: tmp | Owner:
Type: project | Status: new
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Comment (by tmp):
I viewed this video some time ago: "How governments have tried to block
Tor [28C3]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwMr8Xl7JMQ (Flash, sorry)
From what I understood, there are some 'sensitive' times when many Chinese
state people are breaking captcha's etc, to block as many bridges as
possible.
So it sounds like there might be quite a population that could benefit
from this (when obfs3 is used and the only way to block is to request a
bridge).
There are only so many bridges that are donated when you would like to
have a million people using these. That can be improved.
So for your main question "What is the appeal of this?":
Suppose obfs3 or 4 won't be distinguishable from ssl. The only mechanism
that is left to block these bridges is to request as many as possible, and
filter them. However, every request spawns a new bridge and will therefore
not block anything.
Will it benefit providers? Well, if it works at scale then there should be
competition (and it is a competitive industry), so it won't fill their
pockets.
So the main question is whether there is sufficient demand for it. Maybe
that someone with on-the-ground knowledge can tell us.
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