China more aggressively blocking users who try to circumvent its Great Firewall
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Internet users in China have long used the Tor anonymity network as a method to get around the country's notorious firewall, but a few Swedish researchers have discovered that China is making it more difficult to surf anonymously by increasing the sophistication of its Tor-blocking tools. Tor essentially works by encrypting and randomly routing traffic through a series of relay servers around the globe. Additionally, Tor uses unlisted "bridge relays" for users to gain an additional level of anonymity when browsing — thanks to these unlisted bridges, ISPs won't be able to block them even if they are blocking other Tor links. »read more
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