When the list is big enough, it won't matter. In fact, when the list is big enough, we might see changes that would make such lists a thing of the past.
I had a similar problem with O2 Telefonica, over 3G, in Czech Republic. Their FUP is quite bad. After you reach the imposed limit, they will throttle *all* connections individually to something like 4-5KB/s. Using OpenVPN, or even just HTTPS was impossible.
However, I noticed that HTTP connections were allowed a throughput 4-5 times higher. It's still very low, but usable. My guess is that they separate HTTP connections from everything else. Note that using OpenVPN over TCP port 80 did not help. So, I've started using OpenVPN over httptunnel. While it has some problems, it did offer me an overall better throughput. The downside is that you need it server-side too.
Those governments can only block so many IP addresses and they have the big VPN providers in their crosshairs.
You obviously haven't considered DPI. I have been to Iran in the past and OpenVPN to my own server in Europe was entirely blocked, no matter what protocol/port combination I used. I could see the initial packet exchange (tcpdump), and after a short while the connection was identified as illegal and dropped, and the protocol/port combination entirely blocked from there on.
However, they did allow PPTP (possibly because it's so insecure), and SSH. As a side note, I haven't seen any try to do MITM on SSH.
Alternatively one can right-click a message and select "Open Message in Conversation". If I recall this isn't even new.
People should stop waiting for reviews and actually test the applications themselves. Make your own damn opinion instead of waiting for someone else to make it for you.
Sooner or later, even if we find primitive life, we should start thinking about what can be done with the planet, even if it takes 1000 years to
get something to live there.
Let's first decide what we do with this planet for the next 100 (one hundred) years. So far we seem to be incapable of doing that.
Crank up the sound level on your stereo to really high levels and use it constantly to mask street noises. Magically, after a while, you won't need it any more.
There is nothing magical about (partial) deafness.
You can use FingerTerm on Nokia N9, like I do. It isn't as good as a HW full keyboard, but it's the next best thing. Even more, it is also opensource.
Aegis security system is a bit more limiting than I would like it to be, but you can easily bypass the limitations with inception (for the moment the site seems to be down, so just use your favorite search engine to get some info). With inception you don't even need a computer, everything is done on the phone afaik. Haven't yet tried it myself, because so far I am fully satisfied with the official "developer mode" which can be easily activated from settings menu.
One extra feature for N9 is the community backing it up. You can join IRC freenode network and join #harmattan channel for instance and get help in matters related to SW development.
An alternative would be to try to find a Nokia N950, but as I recall although it has a full hw keyboard, it has some drawbacks compared to N9.
Finally I must also add that as far as I can tell you can't get a better user experience than with N9 UI. It's simply amazing. I hope Jolla will be able to provide it in their future phones.
I specifically like the motion based silence mode, if I see a call I don't like, just upturn the phone face down, put it on the desk - silenced, love that.
My Nokia N9 has that. It works for calls and alarms of any kind (clock, calendar).
Only "con" I know of is that there's some issues installing swype to it but that can be gotten around.
Nokia N9 has Swype by default and it works extremely well. Although I thought I would never use it, now I use it for everything.
Anything that may hurt the profits of some ridiculously rich individuals can and will be blocked. It's as simple as that. Our freedom ends where their profit starts.
I appreciate my assistants and try to tell them that on a regular basis. And yeah (answering someone else's post here), they DO appreciate mentions and little letters from the company president. If it's a larger company, a little recognition goes a long way.
I'm not sure if and how it applies to your field of work and more specifically to (your) assistants, but I will generalize and talk about workers: if they are productive it means the company probably makes more money. If the company makes more money and you give them just letters and words, they will actually be demoralized. Sure, few of them will ever let you know, because they are afraid of criticizing the employer; some of them will even fake being happy. But that doesn't make them happy bees.
Letters and words don't feed you (or maybe paper does?), don't pay your bills and so on. If you want to show your appreciation reward them in a way that actually matters to them.
Otherwise, I appreciate the way you are dealing with people, encouraging them to come forward when they make mistake (after all everybody makes mistakes sooner or later) and encouraging them to be creative.
That's not the point. The point is Nokia N9 gives you root by default (you have to activate it though, it is called developer mode I believe - I do not own a N9), not a rootable phone. It's a different philosophy altogether. Smartphones are more or less mini computers, and while I pay a lot of money for one, I certainly expect to be free to do whatever the hell I want with it. You wouldn't want your notebook locked down, wouldn't you ?
But why go through all that when you can buy one phone (Nokia N9) that gives you what you need right from the start ? With N9 you basically have root access from the beginning, no jail breaking, no flashing, no nothing. This is what I call freedom (well, in this context).
OpenVPN can use any port and is not detected as regular VPN communication, and can thus bypass firewalls that blocks VPN communication.
OpenVPN was blocked even in 2010. No protocol (UDP or TCP) and port combination worked. Both normal and static key configuration were detected and blocked.
tcpdump showed a short packet exchange between the client and the server, and after that the connection completely died. Subsequent tries on the same protocol and port were completely blocked too (probably blacklisted).
Even so, I find it weird that OpenVPN was blocked while PPTP was allowed. Maybe they had/have a way of attacking PPTP ?
What worked back then and might still work is SSH (including tunneling). With access to a server outside Iran and a bit of imagination many things can be done with SSH tunneling.
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And protesting puts you on the list.
When the list is big enough, it won't matter. In fact, when the list is big enough, we might see changes that would make such lists a thing of the past.
Please tell me what you think I should do to stop it. As an average citizen, I have no power over anything this government does. I am just a victim.
Protest.
Not protesting means you agree with what happens. You can't be neutral on a moving train.
I had a similar problem with O2 Telefonica, over 3G, in Czech Republic. Their FUP is quite bad. After you reach the imposed limit, they will throttle *all* connections individually to something like 4-5KB/s. Using OpenVPN, or even just HTTPS was impossible.
However, I noticed that HTTP connections were allowed a throughput 4-5 times higher. It's still very low, but usable. My guess is that they separate HTTP connections from everything else. Note that using OpenVPN over TCP port 80 did not help. So, I've started using OpenVPN over httptunnel. While it has some problems, it did offer me an overall better throughput. The downside is that you need it server-side too.
Bottom line, try httptunnel
Are there tools that do this automatically?
Have a look at Scitools Understand.
Those governments can only block so many IP addresses and they have the big VPN providers in their crosshairs.
You obviously haven't considered DPI. I have been to Iran in the past and OpenVPN to my own server in Europe was entirely blocked, no matter what protocol/port combination I used. I could see the initial packet exchange (tcpdump), and after a short while the connection was identified as illegal and dropped, and the protocol/port combination entirely blocked from there on.
However, they did allow PPTP (possibly because it's so insecure), and SSH. As a side note, I haven't seen any try to do MITM on SSH.
Alternatively one can right-click a message and select "Open Message in Conversation". If I recall this isn't even new.
People should stop waiting for reviews and actually test the applications themselves. Make your own damn opinion instead of waiting for someone else to make it for you.
Sooner or later, even if we find primitive life, we should start thinking about what can be done with the planet, even if it takes 1000 years to get something to live there.
Let's first decide what we do with this planet for the next 100 (one hundred) years. So far we seem to be incapable of doing that.
Crank up the sound level on your stereo to really high levels and use it constantly to mask street noises. Magically, after a while, you won't need it any more.
There is nothing magical about (partial) deafness.
The Big Lebowski. And confirmation. Now you'd better watch it.
Maybe Jolla will buy Qt? It may be useful to them considering their plans, but I have no idea what the price is and if they can afford it.
You can use FingerTerm on Nokia N9, like I do. It isn't as good as a HW full keyboard, but it's the next best thing. Even more, it is also opensource.
Aegis security system is a bit more limiting than I would like it to be, but you can easily bypass the limitations with inception (for the moment the site seems to be down, so just use your favorite search engine to get some info). With inception you don't even need a computer, everything is done on the phone afaik. Haven't yet tried it myself, because so far I am fully satisfied with the official "developer mode" which can be easily activated from settings menu.
One extra feature for N9 is the community backing it up. You can join IRC freenode network and join #harmattan channel for instance and get help in matters related to SW development.
An alternative would be to try to find a Nokia N950, but as I recall although it has a full hw keyboard, it has some drawbacks compared to N9.
Finally I must also add that as far as I can tell you can't get a better user experience than with N9 UI. It's simply amazing. I hope Jolla will be able to provide it in their future phones.
Like the one on Nokia N9 / MeeGo ?
I specifically like the motion based silence mode, if I see a call I don't like, just upturn the phone face down, put it on the desk - silenced, love that.
My Nokia N9 has that. It works for calls and alarms of any kind (clock, calendar).
Only "con" I know of is that there's some issues installing swype to it but that can be gotten around.
Nokia N9 has Swype by default and it works extremely well. Although I thought I would never use it, now I use it for everything.
I think a classic book like the Hobbit should be available in classic 2D.
Are you kidding?! A classic like that should be black-and-white and silent!
Joke aside, the theaters in my area are extremely bad and 3D is simply put a painful experience. I always choose 2D when I have the option.
Capitalism. It works.
Where? To whose benefit?
Anything that may hurt the profits of some ridiculously rich individuals can and will be blocked. It's as simple as that. Our freedom ends where their profit starts.
I appreciate my assistants and try to tell them that on a regular basis. And yeah (answering someone else's post here), they DO appreciate mentions and little letters from the company president. If it's a larger company, a little recognition goes a long way.
I'm not sure if and how it applies to your field of work and more specifically to (your) assistants, but I will generalize and talk about workers: if they are productive it means the company probably makes more money. If the company makes more money and you give them just letters and words, they will actually be demoralized. Sure, few of them will ever let you know, because they are afraid of criticizing the employer; some of them will even fake being happy. But that doesn't make them happy bees.
Letters and words don't feed you (or maybe paper does?), don't pay your bills and so on. If you want to show your appreciation reward them in a way that actually matters to them.
Otherwise, I appreciate the way you are dealing with people, encouraging them to come forward when they make mistake (after all everybody makes mistakes sooner or later) and encouraging them to be creative.
Both of you are right, so let's just say it's about balance. Let the body fight and adapt as much as it can, help it when it can't do it anymore.
Nokia N9 is made in Finland. Probably other models from Nokia too.
This has the potential of bringing them more money than the rest of their business, then.
That's not the point. The point is Nokia N9 gives you root by default (you have to activate it though, it is called developer mode I believe - I do not own a N9), not a rootable phone. It's a different philosophy altogether. Smartphones are more or less mini computers, and while I pay a lot of money for one, I certainly expect to be free to do whatever the hell I want with it. You wouldn't want your notebook locked down, wouldn't you ?
But why go through all that when you can buy one phone (Nokia N9) that gives you what you need right from the start ? With N9 you basically have root access from the beginning, no jail breaking, no flashing, no nothing. This is what I call freedom (well, in this context).
It's a good thing you posted anonymously then.
If you don't enjoy your job, then that sucks.
How many people do you think really enjoy their jobs ?! The only reason many people work is simply for the paycheck.
OpenVPN can use any port and is not detected as regular VPN communication, and can thus bypass firewalls that blocks VPN communication.
OpenVPN was blocked even in 2010. No protocol (UDP or TCP) and port combination worked. Both normal and static key configuration were detected and blocked.
tcpdump showed a short packet exchange between the client and the server, and after that the connection completely died. Subsequent tries on the same protocol and port were completely blocked too (probably blacklisted).
Even so, I find it weird that OpenVPN was blocked while PPTP was allowed. Maybe they had/have a way of attacking PPTP ?
What worked back then and might still work is SSH (including tunneling). With access to a server outside Iran and a bit of imagination many things can be done with SSH tunneling.