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I'm not a India software industry expert, so excuse me if this sounds like a dumb question. Isn't it a terrible economic idea for India to block access to Github? I thought India was really big into software engineering?
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The full URLs provide the source of the problem causing the block. It doesn't mean they won't crudely cut the entire domain.
For sites that work only over HTTPS, like Github, they'd need to block the entire domain, right? This is what happened in Russia recently: http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/05/to-get-off-russias-blacklis...
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Terrorism is the use of mass terror against a civilian population you don't control to reach a political goal. Terrorizing a population is simply oppression and governments have been doing this for as long as there has been governments (Nazis, Soviets, Chinese Communists, etc. are all modern examples of this.)
Like the threat of a nuclear bomb? Not just NK but Fat Man too.
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I run https://snipt.net , one of the sites listed as being blocked, and I've never received any communication from anyone with the Indian government or ISPs. So they're not proactively doing anything to unblock these sites, as far as I can tell.
As the owner of https://cryptbin.com , also on the list, I've never received any such communication either.
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I'm not a India software industry expert, so excuse me if this sounds like a dumb question. Isn't it a terrible economic idea for India to block access to Github? I thought India was really big into software engineering?
In India, the moment you say security, all logic and reason stop. And police is always looking for quick fixes. That is why google street view is still not available in India.
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That makes no sense. Conservative groups are all about outsourcing. "dey took'r jeebs" groups are complaining about immigrants in the US.
The anti-immigration crowd are the conservative working class. Like it or not, immigrants are actually coming and displacing them. Where I disagree with them is their solution to the issue. The correct solution I think would be to level the playing field by making illegal immigrants citizens who pay taxes. The same conservative masterminds which influence the working class to be upset about immigration, are the ones…
I'm not a India software industry expert, so excuse me if this sounds like a dumb question. Isn't it a terrible economic idea for India to block access to Github? I thought India was really big into software engineering?
I am an Indian citizen so I can offer some perspective. Atleast 50% of those in software engineering don't vote. Going to voting station, standing in queue and voting is a painful process and most of us don't take the trouble. Hence, their concerns are not really heard in the govt. These people will not go to concerned authorities and explain them how it will affect the economy. They will just whine for a few days an…
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I run https://snipt.net , one of the sites listed as being blocked, and I've never received any communication from anyone with the Indian government or ISPs. So they're not proactively doing anything to unblock these sites, as far as I can tell.
Why would they have any incentive to contact you? From their perspective the problem is solved -- the material offending statist is out of sight, out of mind. You're the one who wants a different situation to exist. Governments aren't in the customer service business.