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by tuxt 2397 days ago
What is "Web"?

Side note: both FB and Google cannot be accessed from China.
3 comments
jabbany 2397 days ago
... But they both had basically equivalent local counterparts
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jacobwilliamroy 2397 days ago
Uhh... I think it's http. Or maybe it's just any data that a web-browser can handle. Definitely a few OSI layers above the internet.
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BlueTemplar 2396 days ago
No question about HTTP. However I'd argue that when HTTP is used for weird purposes that aren't directly related to serving hypertext pages (often to go around draconian firewall policies), or to run arbitrary code (JavaScript), then it's not the Web anymore. (Yes, this means that "Webapps" is an oxymoron.)
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VvR-Ox 2397 days ago
Yes they can by using a VPN for example.
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jacobwilliamroy 2397 days ago
The VPN can access them, but not from china.
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VvR-Ox 2397 days ago
At least in 2018 I was able to.
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jacobwilliamroy 2397 days ago
I was trying to say, if the VPN was in china, people in china wouldn't be able to access google and facebook through the VPN.
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