[spacefight]

This case is a brilliant reminder to anyone working in deep packet inspection/blocking/filtering tech that your work negatively affects the safety of millions of people in such countries at once.

[s_q_b]

This case is a brilliant reminder to anyone working in fiber optics that your work negatively affects the safety of millions of people in such countries at once.

But seriously, deep packet inspection is evil now? It's an extremely useful security tool.

[spacefight]

Why do you misquote me?

Yes, it might be useful for some folks - it's really bad for others. People have died because of oppressive regimes targeting dissidents that way.

[zeroxfe]

This is a ridiculous statement. You do know that this stuff actually enables safety, right?

[spacefight]

No it isn't. Blocking encrypted calls for millions of user _disables_ safety for exactly those millions.