[tor-bugs] #25985 [Obfuscation/Snowflake]: Snowflake rendezvous using AMP cache

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#25985: Snowflake rendezvous using AMP cache
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 Reporter:  twim                   |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  project                |         Status:  needs_revision
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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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