[tor-talk] Tor banned in Pakistan.

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would using bridges prevent the ISP from knowing that a person is using tor?

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 1:04 AM, <andrew at torproject.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 10:23:41PM +0100, pumpkin at cotse.net wrote 1.4K
> bytes in 42 lines about:
> :
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/30/pakistan-bans-encryption-software
>
> I talked to someone from the pakistani government about this encryption
> ban early this spring.  They were concerned that this law would be far
> too broad and demolish whatever nascent e-commerce and online banking
> markets that had started in the country.  They were also concerned that
> too many people in the government didn't understand the difference
> between a VPN and HTTPS.
>
> This person talked to American counter-terrorism people and found that
> actual terrorists were not using VPNs nor HTTPS at all. They stating
> right out in the open, from their registered DSL lines, their plans,
> where they lived, and what they were planning to do on various online
> chat network and forums.
>
> While technically, yes this law does make anything that uses encryption
> on the Internet in pakistan illegal, it was primarily aimed at the
> various VPN providers run by known criminal organizations. Tor, HTTPS
> Everywhere, and other tools are now illegal. Whether someone is actually
> prosecuted for using such tools in country remains to be seen.
>
> --
> Andrew
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