are blocked sites in china still blocked if you access them over HTTPS?
Jun 13, 2014 · 9:57 PM UTC
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@sama China does "deep packet inspection" along with DNS blocking etc, so I'd assume yes. HTTPS matters if using VPN outside of China though
@sama yep and if you default to https you probably wont getindexed by baidu, qihoo or sogou. they index unblocked http-sites only :/
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@sama Yes. Why would it be any different? HTTP/S still has address headers, the content is encrypted not the headers. VPN is different.
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@sama Yes, but VPNing or SSH-tunnelling out is easy. The Great Firewall is there to funnel people into the local, controlled social media.