<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:02, Brian Mearns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmearns@ieee.org">bmearns@ieee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 7:26 PM, bao song <<a href="mailto:michaelwprx@yahoo.com.au">michaelwprx@yahoo.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Some time ago (2008) I read about a Canadian who used Tor to view Hulu.<br>
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> I tried it from outside the US, and it worked, but the speed was too slow for me to use it regularly. Today, a clip from Hulu was highly recommended by the New York Times, so I tried again: Hulu now tries to block all attempts to connect via Tor. I tried two US exits, and both were blocked.<br>
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> Of course, the idea of Tor is NOT to allow people to watch high bandwidth commercial videos restricted to US audiences, but to allow people who need privacy to obtain it.<br>
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You seem to understand the burden such activities place on the Tor<br>
network, in which case I'm curious what reason one might have for<br>
accessing Hulu anonymously? (Genuine question, not a snide comment)<br>
<br></blockquote>If such material (western TV) is deemed inappropriate by the local authorities, then you wouldn't want them to know that you were accessing it. It might not be of life-or-death importance that you did manage to access it for entertainment, but you would nonetheless desire anonymity.<br>
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-Brian<br>
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