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by slim 1306 days ago
Thank you. This is very informative. And don't feel guilty, nobody will get jailed for visiting a website. This is mostly for censorship.
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There was a person in Beijing that was arrested for a post on Twitter. Government surveillance was able to track him down in real life, which I think is deeply troubling
That's a post not a visit
There's really nothing stopping them from going after people who use VPNs. What are Chinese people going to do? Protest?
> This is mostly for censorship.

As if that makes if any better?

This is kind of like saying, "don't feel guilty, this weapon won't be used for murder, it's mostly just for arson."