Update zu den laufenden Abhör- und Überwachungsaktivitäten :
Since last weekend autocracy has been playing with their latest censorship equipment courtesy of an Israeli security company. The great wall of rice may not yet have the capabilities of it's Chinese equivalent but it is a scary window onto the future of ever dwindling freedom of speech and free flow of information nonetheless.
The new 'tests' have also proven disruptive to many update services - even though most of the tests had been conducted at off times such as between midnight and 2 AM on Monday morning. During this time their new content filters were enabled across various European and U.S. news sites with pictures and content on the test filter selectively prevented from loading, thus resulting in websites with many place holders where there were pictures and long time-outs and delays on indexed articles.
Another test was aimed at disrupting users of VPNs.
Analysis revealed that the tests were selectively run on several different ISPs at different times and - this week - only included fixed subscribers starting with 3BB and stopping short of True. Well you fill in the blanks ...