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by ekarulf 3309 days ago
Who says they can't see the URL? A sufficiently motivate government would probably be able to create forged certificates and mass interception isn't really out of the question. Especially with browsers homogenizing on fast ciphers AES-GCM/POLY-1305, I bet it's much more economical than you would think.

Cert Pinning or HPKP is one type of solution, but it's tricky to get right especially for a large site like wikipedia.
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rocky1138 3309 days ago
From TFA:

"In Turkey, Wikipedia articles about female genitals have been banned; Russia has censored articles about weed; in the UK, articles about German metal bands have been blocked..."

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iancarroll 3309 days ago
Even if this could happen, which is far from trivial, it would be almost immediately detected.
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