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Re: [tor-bugs] #25985 [Obfuscation/Snowflake]: Snowflake rendezvous using AMP cache
#25985: Snowflake rendezvous using AMP cache
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Reporter: twim | Owner: (none)
Type: project | Status: needs_revision
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Obfuscation/Snowflake | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
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Comment (by dcf):
Today I learned via [https://ooni.io/documents/Egypt-Internet-Censorship-
AFTE-OONI-2018-07.pdf#page=15 this OONI/AFTE report] that
[https://afteegypt.org/digital_freedoms-2/2018/02/19/14655-afteegypt.html?lang=en
the censors in Egypt block AMP] since February 2018. I think what this
means is that they block the AMP Cache.
> After the spread of the use of the AMP service by some blocked websites
in Egypt, including the Mada website, the Egyptian government resorted to
blocking the service on February 3, 2018, which affected smart phone users
using Google’s search engine for any website that uses AMP. Users were
thus unable to access these websites, including websites that the Egyptian
government has not blocked. Consequently, Google has announced the
suspension of the service in Egypt.
* [https://www.madamasr.com/en/2018/02/04/news/u/google-affiliated-
accelerated-mobile-pages-project-blocked-in-egypt/ Google-affiliated
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project blocked in Egypt]
* [https://cpj.org/2018/02/egyptian-public-must-be-able-to-access-all-
news-si.php Egyptian public must be able to access all news sites]
* [https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/2/6/google-suspends-amp-
websites-in-egypt-after-government-block Google suspends AMP websites in
Egypt after latest attack on critical media]
Apparently it's also been blocked in Saudi Arabia:
* [https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/1/15/saudi-arabia-blocks-
google-facebook-portal Saudi Arabia blocks Google AMP portal used on
Facebook]
But I'm guessing, since we'll front the requests to the AMP Cache, that
these blocks don't matter to us.
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