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by higherpurpose 4474 days ago
Others could mirror Tor (more risky, yes, but better than nothing).
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There already exists a mirror list at https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/mirrors.html.en. Of course this is hard to come by, when the whole torproject website is being censored.
People can just look at the cached version of this page on Google over SSL, I doubt they will ban Google...
> In February 2006, Google made a significant concession to the Great Firewall of China, in exchange for equipment installation on Chinese soil, by blocking websites which the Chinese government deemed illegal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_Peo...

So I think they would ban Google Search over this if they had to, but it sounds like Google would just hide it on Google.cn.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_Ch... is another interesting read, the first 6 URLs are Google products.

> the first 6 URLs are Google products

One of which is Google+, every cloud has a silver lining.

Or just send the program via email or through P2P. They can't make it less available, but unless they unplug the internet, the people will still be able to get it. Specially if there is a need. Just remember the days before the internet, the programs, songs, movies used to spread via magazines, floppy disks, tapes...