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Subject: Re: "ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent"
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 08:33:08 +1000
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On 3/29/2019 8:27 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> wrote:
>> On 27/03/2019 12:12 pm, keithr0 wrote:
>>>
>>> If they're blocking the DNS request, simply use another DNS server.
>>>
>>> Google 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4
>>> IBM 9.9.9.9
>>> Cloudflare 1.1.1.1
>>
>>
>> These blocks are so easy to get around that I don't know why they bother.
> 
> Because 90% of the population (probably generous) won't know, or be
> bothered to find out, the simple methods to get around them. Plus
> they only want to give the appearance of doing something about the
> content.
> 
> Of course it wouldn't take much to make getting around the blocks
> a lot harder by also blocking proxy, VPN, DNS server, etc. IP
> addresses.
> 
Just use DNS over TLS.