One of the downsides of centralized services like Twitter. Reminds me of Tim Berners-Lee's call to re-decentralize the web http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-02/06/tim-berners-l...
Venezuela Blocks Twitter as Opposition Stage New Protests
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#12This is why we need to use decentralized alternatives to our most popular services, in this case Twister (P2P Twitter alternative):
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#13Some images from the protest:
Dead people in this one:
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#15If you know any Venezuelans, tell them about Tor.
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#16Where are the champions of democracy when we need them most?
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#17It has begun. The president has prohibited protests, and went on TV calling his supporters against protestors, claiming they are against democracy and that he's suffering a coup-d'etat. A restraining order was issued against the opposition candidate. He's going full dictator now.
Expect similar social unrest, and the same tactic from the government (blaming the protesters as violent, calling then "right-wing fascists") in the rest of latin america as their economies start tanking as deep as Venezuela. Argentina is on the brink of it. Brazil is 4-6 years from it if it keeps being brainwashed and electing incompetent, corrupt left-wingers.
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#18If you know any Venezuelans, tell them about Tor. https://www.torproject.org/
Yes I have been spreading Tor for a couple of days now. I started in my office and friends. Last night one of the biggest Venezuelan twitter accounts retweeted me too, so many people are aware now.
I need to find a similar solution for mobile phones since most people here access twitter using the phones. Any suggestions?
Re: Venezuela Blocks Twitter as Opposition Stage New Protests
#19If you know any Venezuelans, tell them about Tor. https://www.torproject.org/
Yes I have been spreading Tor for a couple of days now. I started in my office and friends. Last night one of the biggest Venezuelan twitter accounts retweeted me too, so many people are aware now. I need to find a similar solution for mobile phones since most people here access twitter using the phones. Any suggestions?
Have a look at Orbot.
https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/
It is Tor on Android devices.
Re: Venezuela Blocks Twitter as Opposition Stage New Protests
#20It has begun. The president has prohibited protests, and went on TV calling his supporters against protestors, claiming they are against democracy and that he's suffering a coup-d'etat. A restraining order was issued against the opposition candidate. He's going full dictator now. Expect similar social unrest, and the same tactic from the government (blaming the protesters as violent, calling then "right-wing fascists…
Unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened here. We've had worse protests with many more dead and nothing happens. Maduro is just reading the script Chavez left him for whenever anything goes wrong.
There's this automatic solidarity among these latin American countries where they will cover each other's back as long as they help each other out. The govt keeps giving away our oil, so everyone stays quiet. The more desperate ones like Kirchner in Argentina immediately make loud statements.