France looking at banning Tor, blocking public Wi-Fi

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Post by _gjrn » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:08 PM UTC

France looking at banning Tor, blocking public Wi-Fi
arstechnica.co.uk

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Post by jacquesm » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:21 PM UTC

That's logical since the known attackers did not use public Wi-Fi nor Tor as far as we know today but all kinds of plain text channels. /s

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Post by DominikR » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:30 PM UTC

Once again the French show the world what they are best in. Waiving the white flag and submitting when threatened.

They even suspended parts of the human rights convention on their territory after the terror attacks in Paris.

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Post by noja » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:30 PM UTC

Yes, because the attackers didn't use plain old sms, oh no they didn't!

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Post by rwmj » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:35 PM UTC

All this because 130 people were killed. What would they do to prevent the 4600 people killed in road accidents in France last year? Or the 49000 people killed by alcohol [in 2009]?

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Post by wiz21c » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:40 PM UTC

Could anyone cite the part of the article referring specifically to the TOR network (article behin pay wall).

(Note : I say "cite", which is not a copyright viloation)

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Post by creshal » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:46 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #2

That's logical since the known attackers did not use public Wi-Fi nor Tor as far as we know today but all kinds of plain text channels. /s

You see, outlawing $RANDOMTHING is cheaper than properly staffing police units so they can follow all the leads they get.

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Post by tdkl » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:52 PM UTC

And they were mocking the reactionary Patriot Act.

Learning from the past is hard. Or in this case, simply neglected for convenience. Cui bono?

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Post by hartator » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:53 PM UTC

wiz21c wrote: post #6

Could anyone cite the part of the article referring specifically to the TOR network (article behin pay wall). (Note : I say "cite", which is not a copyright viloation)

Use this link: https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...

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Post by gotchange » Mon, Dec 07, 2015, 12:55 PM UTC

rwmj wrote: post #5

All this because 130 people were killed. What would they do to prevent the 4600 people killed in road accidents in France last year? Or the 49000 people killed by alcohol [in 2009]?

From a political standpoint, terrorist attacks are first and foremost attacks against THE STATE not the citizenry and that's why you see the Establishment is up in arms every time such a tragedy occurs because they know that the terrorists are challenging their authority and jeopardizing their power in the land.

The Establishment really don't care about road fatalities or substance abuse related deaths of the populace. They only care about their wealth and power.