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Turkey Blocks Tor's Anonymity Network (engadget.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Turkey's President Erdogan and the ruling AKP party are increasingly bent on silencing online dissent, and that now affects you even if you're smart enough to evade typical censorship methods. Watchdog group Turkey Blocks has confirmed that Turkey is blocking the Tor anonymity network's direct access mode for most users. You can still use a bridge mode for now, but there are hints that internet providers might be hurting performance even then. The restrictions come alongside a recent government ban on virtual private network services.

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  1. Re:Hooray for Islam! by scsirob · · Score: 1, Interesting

    They just went as far as demanding a German school in Turkey to ban any mention or celebration of Christmas.
    How about a fair trade. German schools in Turkey will refrain from references to Christmas if Turkey takes their islamic sh*t out of all European countries and shoves it..

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    To Terminate, or not to Terminate, that's the question - SCSIROB
  2. Prove your innocence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I have nothing to hide, then they have no reason to spy on me. If they're making me prove that I have nothing to hide, then I must not be innocent.

    The moral of this story is "prove your innocence". That's what mass surveillance really is -- an attack on the basic principle of innocent before proven guilty. If that sounds like something a third-world dictatorship would do, it's because that's exactly what third-world dictatorships do.

  3. Re:How dare you!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Good thing he's a member of the "religion of peace."

    Considering Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton support Turkey's president this should not be surprising.

  4. Re:Got nothing to hide? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Coup attempt? You mean the "fake news" coup attempt whereas Erdogan then used as an excuse to kill anyone he considered an enemy?
    You need to expand your information gathering to outside the basement.