• axzxc1236@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Deep packet inspection is a thing, AFAIK people in China uses a software called v2ray to counter that.

    • deeznutz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      You can’t inspect encrypted packets, what China does is network traffic analysis - examining headers and figuring out patterns based on metadata. They don’t care much about what’s being transmitted if using a VPN alone is enough to land you in trouble.

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        1 year ago

        i think US carriers do the same thing to counter unauthorized hotspotting so even using a VPN didnt help