Vidalia exit-country and Hulu

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On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:02, Brian Mearns <bmearns at ieee.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 7:26 PM, bao song <michaelwprx at yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
> >
> > Some time ago (2008) I read about a Canadian who used Tor to view Hulu.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> [clip]
>
> You seem to understand the burden such activities place on the Tor
> network, in which case I'm curious what reason one might have for
> accessing Hulu anonymously? (Genuine question, not a snide comment)
>
> 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.


> -Brian
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